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Crime in LS26

How much crime is recorded in LS26, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Leeds
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Population
40,465 (2024)
Crime

How safe is LS26

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 33.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in LS26, broadly in line with 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
33.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
61
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).

LS26National
Violence and sexual offences24.823.6
Burglary12.49.1
Anti-social behaviour8.210.7
Criminal damage and arson5.84.7
Public order4.84.6
Other theft3.84.5
Vehicle crime3.73.5
Shoplifting3.18.4
Other crime1.81.5
Drugs1.22.4
Robbery0.71.4
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Theft from the person0.52.1
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

It has fallen 6% since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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10
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40
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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