Total Crime Rate
408.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
154.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wykebeck Square area has the 11th highest crime rate of 136 local areas in Burmantofts & Richmond Hill , and the 106th 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 Wykebeck Square (LS9 0HP) in the last 12 months was 408.8 per 1,000 residents and was 108.1% 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 Shoplifting with 75 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 67 (≈ 154.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wykebeck Square (LS9 0HP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wykebeck Place, where police recorded 107 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (39 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 | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wykebeck Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Wykebeck Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wykebeck Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wykebeck Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wykebeck Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wykebeck Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wykebeck Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Selby Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wykebeck Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wykebeck Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wykebeck Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Wykebeck Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gipton Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bleaberry Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrison Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrison Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harrison Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bleaberry Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bleaberry Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gipton Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wykebeck Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gipton Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wykebeck Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wykebeck Road | — |
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