Total Crime Rate

324.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

191.4 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 324.2 10/10
  • Violent crimes 191.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 148.4 10/10
  • Drugs 43.0 10/10
  • Public order 31.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.3 10/10
  • Burglary 15.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.8 4/10
  • Other crime 7.8 9/10
  • Other theft 7.8 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.8 9/10
  • Shoplifting 7.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.9 6/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 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

Foundry Drive area has the 6th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Gipton & Harehills , and the 169th 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 Foundry Drive (LS9 6BX) in the last 12 months was 324.2 per 1,000 residents and was 95.8% higher 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 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 191.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Foundry Drive (LS9 6BX), the main crime hotspot is near St Wilfrids Garth. Police recorded 65 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Foundry Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/70)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Easterly Mount Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bellbrooke Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Simmons Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Briarsdale Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Easterly Cross Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Easterly Cross Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Back Harehills Park View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Back Harehills Park View Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Back Bellbrooke Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bellbrooke Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Moynihan Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Easterly Cross Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thorn Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Bellbrooke Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Bellbrooke Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Broughton Avenue —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Strathmore View Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Strathmore Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Strathmore Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Strathmore Terrace —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Back Trafford Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Simmons Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Briarsdale Mews —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Easterly Garth —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Back Seaforth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Wilfrids Garth Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Wilfrids Garth Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Bellbrooke Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Wilfrids Garth Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime St Wilfrids Garth Under investigation
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Data Sources

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