Total Crime Rate
126.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
45.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Seaforth Avenue area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Gipton & Harehills , and the 816th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Seaforth Avenue (LS9 6AG) in the last 12 months was 126.3 per 1,000 residents and was 23.7% lower than the Gipton & Harehills average (165.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 45.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Seaforth Avenue (LS9 6AG), the main crime hotspot is near Back Broughton Terrace. Police recorded 130 crimes here, including 70 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cross Bellbrooke Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Seaforth Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Compton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Compton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Compton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Compton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Seaforth Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Seaforth Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Seaforth Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Compton Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Back Seaforth Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Strathmore Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Strathmore Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Seaforth Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sutherland Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutherland Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sutherland Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Seaforth Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Broughton Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Compton Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Back Seaforth Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Back Broughton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Compton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Compton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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