Total Crime Rate
271.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
160.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Conway Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Gipton & Harehills , and the 232nd 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 Conway Street (LS8 5JF) in the last 12 months was 271.6 per 1,000 residents and was 64.1% 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 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 65 (≈ 160.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Conway Street (LS8 5JF), the main crime hotspot is near Lambton Grove. Police recorded 84 crimes here, including 55 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 Sandhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashton Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Florence Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Florence Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Florence Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Florence Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Florence Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ashton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Ashton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Conway View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashton Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Conway View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Conway View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Conway View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conway View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conway View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conway View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conway View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conway View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conway View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conway View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Dorset Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ashton Avenue | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Ashton Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Conway Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bexley View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lowther Street | Under investigation |
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