Total Crime Rate
250.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
95.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bayswater Grove area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 136 local areas in Burmantofts & Richmond Hill , and the 280th 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 Bayswater Grove (LS8 5LL) in the last 12 months was 250.9 per 1,000 residents and was 27.7% higher 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 95.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bayswater Grove (LS8 5LL), 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.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bexley Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gipton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St James'S Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elford Place East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bexley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Edgware Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gipton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gipton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Elford Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Edgware Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elford Place West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bexley Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Elford Place West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bexley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Louis Le Prince Court | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Gathorne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bexley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Edgware Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elford Place East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bexley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Louis Le Prince Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Louis Le Prince Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Louis Le Prince Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Edgware View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bayswater Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bayswater Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cross Banstead Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bayswater View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edgware Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gathorne Close | Under investigation |
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