Total Crime Rate
182.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bayswater Row area has the 56th highest crime rate of 136 local areas in Burmantofts & Richmond Hill , and the 499th 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 182.5 per 1,000 residents and was 10.2% lower than the Burmantofts & Richmond Hill average (203.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 105.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 55.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 113.0% 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 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bayswater Row (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Burmantofts & Richmond Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Edgware Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Spencer Mount | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bexley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bexley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bexley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayswater Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Bayswater Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bayswater Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bayswater Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Gipton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gipton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Gipton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Gipton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Spencer Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayswater Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Mount | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gathorne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gathorne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Gathorne Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Gathorne Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Whitfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Whitfield Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Whitfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Whitfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bankside Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bexley Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gipton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gledhow Mount | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bayswater Terrace | Under investigation |
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