Total Crime Rate
56.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
26.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brownhill Crescent area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 136 local areas in Burmantofts & Richmond Hill , and the 930th 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 Brownhill Crescent (LS9 6EB) in the last 12 months was 56.3 per 1,000 residents and was 71.4% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 26.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -95.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brownhill Crescent (LS9 6EB), 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 | Other theft | William Hey Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bellbrooke Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Torre Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutherland Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sutherland Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sutherland Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Seaforth Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Hey Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Compton Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bellbrooke Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hudson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hudson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hudson Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hudson Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bellbrooke Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bellbrooke Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Seaforth Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Broughton Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Compton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Seaforth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cowper Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowper Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Back Seaforth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Back Seaforth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Compton Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Compton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Seaforth Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Torre Drive | Under investigation |
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