Total Crime Rate
406.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025York Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 136 local areas in Burmantofts & Richmond Hill , and the 110th 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 York Road (LS9 8TD) in the last 12 months was 406.9 per 1,000 residents and was 100.2% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 172.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 19.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around York Road (LS9 8TD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Haslewood Square, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Garth (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Burmantofts & Richmond Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Burmantofts Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thealby Lawn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Thealby Lawn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Thealby Lawn | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rider Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rider Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Mary'S Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Richmond Green Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Burmantofts Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cromwell Mount | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haslewood Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Haslewood Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cromwell Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haslewood Dene | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cromwell Mount | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dolphin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Nippet Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Naseby Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Plaid Row | Under investigation |
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