Recorded crime
Leeds recorded crime by postcode district
Crimes police recorded in July 2026 within roughly 1 mile of each district centre, across 10 Leeds districts. Counts, not rates.
Crimes recorded, July 2026
6,482
Across 10 districts, within about 1 mile of each centre.
- Districts
- 10
- Most recorded
- Violence
data.police.uk, July 2026
Summary
Recorded crime in Leeds: police recorded 6,482 crimes in July 2026 within roughly 1 mile of the centre of each of the 10 postcode districts with a published figure. LS17 has the lowest recorded count (81) and LS2 the highest (1,467). The most often recorded category was violent crime, at 32% of the month's recorded crimes. These are counts, not rates: a district with shops, bars and a station will out-count a residential one on footfall alone.
Data from data.police.uk street-level crime API, July 2026.
Read this first
These are counts, not rates. data.police.uk street-level crime API publishes how many crimes were recorded near a point; it publishes no population figure to divide by. A district with a station, shops and bars will record more crime than a residential one because more people pass through it, not necessarily because residents are more likely to be a victim. Recorded crime is also only crime that was reported and recorded, and reporting rates vary by crime type and by area.
Use this to see the shape of a city and to prompt better questions, not to decide that one district is good and another bad.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on Leeds crime counts: a wide gap that mostly reflects footfall
For July 2026, 6,482 crimes were recorded around the centres of 10 Leeds districts, with counts from 81 in LS17 to 1,467 in LS2, a wide gap that busy centres produce on their own.
For sellers, a buyer who has read these numbers will ask about them, so be ready with the plain facts about your street rather than a defensive answer.
Sell houseA buyer’s best use of this table is to frame questions: violent crime was 32% of what police recorded, so ask whether it is common on the road itself.
Before you offer, visit at different times of day, look at the police’s own street-level map for the postcode, talk to neighbours, and ask your conveyancer about anything the seller must disclose.
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Key figures
Leeds crime counts at a glance
Police records for July 2026. A count near each district centre is not a safety ranking.
Lowest district
81
LS17, crimes recorded
Middle district
598
Median of the districts
Highest district
1,467
LS2, crimes recorded
Top category
Violence
2,097 of 6,482 crimes
Recorded crime
Leeds crime by category and district
6,482 recorded crimes across 10 districts in July 2026.
By category
What the recorded crimes were
Violent crime was the most recorded category, with 2,097 of 6,482 crimes (32%). It describes the month's police records, not what is likely to happen to you.
See the figures
| Category | Recorded | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 2,097 | 32% |
| Shoplifting | 903 | 14% |
| Anti social behaviour | 567 | 9% |
| Public order | 523 | 8% |
| Other theft | 487 | 8% |
data.police.uk street-level crime API, July 2026
By district
Leeds districts, lowest recorded count first
Counts run from 81 in LS17 to 1,467 in LS2. Each row is one postcode district: how many crimes police recorded within about a mile of its centre.
See the figures
| District | Recorded crimes | Most recorded category | Area data |
|---|---|---|---|
| LS17 | 81 | Violent crime (20) | LS17 area report |
| LS18 | 144 | Violent crime (56) | LS18 area report |
| LS8 | 483 | Violent crime (193) | LS8 area report |
| LS6 | 494 | Violent crime (149) | LS6 area report |
| LS7 | 510 | Violent crime (152) | LS7 area report |
| LS12 | 598 | Violent crime (241) | LS12 area report |
| LS4 | 625 | Violent crime (190) | LS4 area report |
| LS11 | 633 | Violent crime (221) | LS11 area report |
| LS1 | 1,447 | Violent crime (429) | LS1 area report |
| LS2 | 1,467 | Violent crime (446) | LS2 area report |
Districts with no figure published for July 2026 are left out rather than shown as zero: a force not having published yet is not the same fact as no crime.
data.police.uk street-level crime API, July 2026
Reading the numbers
What the numbers show
Across the 10 Leeds postcode districts with a published figure for July 2026, police recorded 6,482 crimes in total within roughly a mile of each district centroid. The median district recorded 554.
LS17 has the lowest recorded crime count of the districts listed (81), and LS2 the highest (1,467).
The spread across the city is wide: the highest-counting district recorded about 18.1 times as many crimes as the lowest. Much of a gap that size reflects what is in the radius: a city-centre district with shops, bars and a station will out-count a residential one before any difference in how people behave.
The most frequently recorded category across these districts was violent crime, at 32% of all recorded crimes in the month.
Questions, answered
Leeds recorded crime: your questions
How many crimes were recorded in Leeds?
Which Leeds districts record the fewest crimes?
What is the most commonly recorded crime in Leeds?
Why does this page not rank Leeds districts by crime rate?
Source and method
Where these figures come from
data.police.uk street-level crime API (API documentation), month 2026-07, one request per district at its centroid, ~1 mile radius. England and Wales only. Data.police.uk does not carry Police Scotland or PSNI. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Crime locations published by police forces are snapped to anonymised map points to protect victims, so a point is never an exact address. A guide is only generated for a city where at least 5 of its districts have a published figure.
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