Total Crime Rate
1860.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025St Peter'S Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 170 local areas in Hunslet & Riverside , and the 10th 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 St Peter'S Street (LS9 8BN) in the last 12 months was 1860.7 per 1,000 residents and was 347.9% higher than the Hunslet & Riverside average (415.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 329 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 5 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -30.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 530 (≈ 878.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 33.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Peter'S Street (LS9 8BN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 491 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Leeds Coach Station (173 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hunslet & Riverside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Brussels Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | High Court Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Playhouse Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Playhouse Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Playhouse Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Playhouse Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Playhouse Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Duke Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Duke Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Duke Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Duke Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | High Court Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | High Court Lane | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | High Court Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | High Court Lane | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | High Court Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | High Court Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | High Court Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | High Court Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
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