Total Crime Rate

88.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

62.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 88.8 7/10
  • Violent crimes 62.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.4 7/10
  • Burglary 5.2 6/10
  • Other crime 5.2 7/10
  • Other theft 5.2 5/10
  • Public order 5.2 5/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Kitson Street area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 136 local areas in Burmantofts & Richmond Hill , and the 1160th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kitson Street (LS9 8PH) in the last 12 months was 88.8 per 1,000 residents and was 54.8% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 62.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kitson Street (LS9 8PH), the main crime hotspot is near Cavalier Mews. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Kitson Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/36)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Glensdale Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Clark Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mullins Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Hall Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dial Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clark Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Kippax Mount Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Dial Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Dial Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hall Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Clark Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hampton Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Clark Mount Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Cavalier Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Cross Easy Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Cross Easy Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Aysgarth Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dent Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Cross Easy Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cross Easy Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Mullins Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cavalier Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Cavalier Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Copperfield Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Glensdale Grove Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ascot Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences May Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Oxley Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Oxley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Oxley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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