Total Crime Rate
184.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
119.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bayswater Row area has the 57th highest crime rate of 136 local areas in Burmantofts & Richmond Hill , and the 484th 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 Bayswater Row (LS8 5LF) in the last 12 months was 184.5 per 1,000 residents and was 6.1% lower than the Burmantofts & Richmond Hill average (196.5 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -38.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 119.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 35.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bayswater Row (LS8 5LF), the main crime hotspot is near Conway View. Police recorded 77 crimes here, including 39 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 | Conway View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Banstead Street East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bexley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Zetland Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Zetland Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lascelles View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Back Banstead Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lascelles Road East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lascelles Road East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lascelles Road East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lambton Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Banstead Street East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bexley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lascelles Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lowther Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lowther Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lowther Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowther Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bexley View | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bexley View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bexley View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bexley View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bexley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bexley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bexley View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elford Place East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elford Place West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Elford Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elford Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bayswater Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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