Total Crime Rate

319.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

115.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 319.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 115.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 85.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 52.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 39.0 10/10
  • Burglary 35.1 10/10
  • Other theft 25.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.5 9/10
  • Robbery 13.7 9/10
  • Public order 11.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.8 9/10
  • Drugs 9.8 8/10
  • Other crime 9.8 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.9 6/10
  • Shoplifting 2.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bridgewater Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 136 local areas in Burmantofts & Richmond Hill , and the 174th 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 Bridgewater Road (LS9 0RQ) in the last 12 months was 319.7 per 1,000 residents and was 62.7% 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 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 59 (≈ 115.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bridgewater Road (LS9 0RQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Twine Street, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cavalier Mews (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bridgewater Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cavalier Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Twine Street
Apr 2026Public order Atkinson Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Atkinson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Fox Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Long Causeway
Apr 2026Robbery Bridgewater Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Cavalier Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Cavalier Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cavalier Gate Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Bridgewater Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Aire Quay
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cable Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Twine Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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