Crime Rates at Bayswater Row, Leeds, LS8 5LH

Bayswater 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 5LH) 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 5LH), 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.