Total Crime Rate

246.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 246.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 144.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.7 10/10
  • Public order 20.6 9/10
  • Drugs 15.4 9/10
  • Burglary 7.7 7/10
  • Robbery 7.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.1 3/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Other theft 5.1 5/10
  • Theft from the person 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ashton Place area has the 17th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Gipton & Harehills , and the 286th 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 Ashton Place (LS8 5BP) in the last 12 months was 246.8 per 1,000 residents and was 45.2% higher than the Gipton & Harehills average (169.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 67 (≈ 172.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ashton Place (LS8 5BP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Conway View, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bexley View (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ashton Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Florence Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Florence Mount Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cowper Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cowper Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cowper Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Conway View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Conway View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Cowper Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Back Cowper Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Back Cowper Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Darfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Florence Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Florence Mount Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Conway View Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Conway Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Darfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Conway Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conway Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Compton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Compton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conway Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conway Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Back Ashton Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Florence Mount Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Florence Mount Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Compton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bayswater Terrace Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashton View Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Ashton Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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