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Crime in LS2 9

How much crime is recorded in LS2 9, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Leeds
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Population
17,883 (2024)
Crime

How safe is LS2 9

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 41.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in LS2 9, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
41.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
91
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

What crime is recorded

Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).

LS2 9National
Burglary40.99.1
Violence and sexual offences28.123.6
Shoplifting12.18.4
Public order8.24.6
Other theft7.94.5
Anti-social behaviour6.910.7
Vehicle crime5.13.5
Criminal damage and arson4.84.7
Drugs3.72.4
Bicycle theft3.31.0
Robbery2.31.4
Theft from the person1.62.1
Other crime1.61.5
Possession of weapons1.10.9
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.

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