Crime Rates at Lavender Walk, Leeds, LS9 8JB

Lavender Walk area has the 51st highest crime rate of 136 local areas in Burmantofts & Richmond Hill , and the 456th 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 Lavender Walk (LS9 8JB) in the last 12 months was 193.2 per 1,000 residents and was 4.9% lower 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 118.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lavender Walk (LS9 8JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Haslewood Square, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Temple View Place (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.