Total Crime Rate
87.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Harehills Lane area has the 71st lowest crime rate of 166 local areas in Chapel Allerton , and the 1174th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Harehills Lane (LS8 4DN) in the last 12 months was 87.3 per 1,000 residents and was 28.7% lower than the Chapel Allerton average (122.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 56.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harehills Lane (LS8 4DN), the main crime hotspot is near Brookfield Avenue. Police recorded 103 crimes here, including 62 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Markham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Back Baldovan Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roundhay View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roundhay Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Baldovan Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Airlie Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Back Airlie Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brookfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookfield Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Back Baldovan Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Markham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hill Top Mount | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hares Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Back Airlie Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Hares Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lunan Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Baldovan Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Top Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Hill Top Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Hill Top Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Airlie Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Airlie Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Airlie Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Back Roundhay Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Roxholme Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roxholme Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roxholme Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Beck Road | Under investigation |
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