Crime Rates at Compton Street, Leeds, LS9 7BR

Compton Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Gipton & Harehills , and the 204th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Compton Street (LS9 7BR) in the last 12 months was 291.1 per 1,000 residents and was 75.8% 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 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 56 (≈ 161.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Compton Street (LS9 7BR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Compton Road, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bexley View (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.