Total Crime Rate
79.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
58.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Whitebridge Avenue area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 60 local areas in Killingbeck & Seacroft , and the 1253rd lowest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Whitebridge Avenue (LS9 0EJ) in the last 12 months was 79.5 per 1,000 residents and was 54.2% lower than the Killingbeck & Seacroft average (173.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 58.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Whitebridge Avenue (LS9 0EJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Appleby Place, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kyffin Avenue (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Levita Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dence Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunhill Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Harefield West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Storey Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Sutton Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harefield West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dence Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dence Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dence Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kyffin Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kyffin Avenue | Under investigation |
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