Total Crime Rate
232.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
99.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ashton Terrace area has the 19th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Gipton & Harehills , and the 334th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ashton Terrace (LS8 5BU) in the last 12 months was 232.8 per 1,000 residents and was 40.6% higher than the Gipton & Harehills average (165.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 99.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ashton Terrace (LS8 5BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Conway View, where police recorded 77 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Back Milan Street (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harehills Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ashton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bexley View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bexley View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bexley View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Sandhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Sandhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Sandhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Ashton Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bexley View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Darfield Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashton Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ashton Avenue | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ashton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ashton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bexley View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bexley View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ashley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bexley View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darfield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darfield Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Darfield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Darfield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bexley View | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bexley View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bexley View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bexley View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bexley View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bexley View | Under investigation |
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