Total Crime Rate
153.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
83.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Roundhay Road area has the 47th highest crime rate of 166 local areas in Chapel Allerton , and the 640th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Roundhay Road (LS8 5AJ) in the last 12 months was 153.7 per 1,000 residents and was 25.5% higher 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 83.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Roundhay Road (LS8 5AJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Louis Le Prince Court, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bayswater Row (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ekota Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gipton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elford Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Edgware Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Edgware Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bayswater Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St James'S Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayswater Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Zetland Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Elford Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gipton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gipton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ekota Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bayswater View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Edgware Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bexley Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Bexley Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Zetland Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Gathorne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Gathorne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bayswater Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ekota Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ekota Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ekota Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Back Alcester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Louis Le Prince Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Louis Le Prince Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Louis Le Prince Court | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ekota Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ekota Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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