Total Crime Rate
1281.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Beckett Street area has the highest crime rate of 136 local areas in Burmantofts & Richmond Hill , and the 17th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Beckett Street (LS9 7TF) in the last 12 months was 1281.4 per 1,000 residents and was 530.6% higher than the Burmantofts & Richmond Hill average (203.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 358 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 225.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 452 (≈ 902.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 54.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 195.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beckett Street (LS9 7TF), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 406 crimes here, including 277 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Burmantofts & Richmond Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shakespeare Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shakespeare Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bexley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Back Ashton Place | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bexley View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bexley View | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Middleton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shakespeare Approach | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shakespeare Approach | — |
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