Crime in Leeds
Thinking about Leeds? This is the recent street-level crime recorded around the centre of Leeds, West Yorkshire, straight from the police and grouped by category.
Counts show where crimes were recorded, not how likely you are to be affected — a busy city centre always shows more than the quieter streets around it. To check a specific area, run its postcode through the crime checker. Comparing nearby? Try york, manchester, sheffield too.
Last updated: August 2026
Recorded crime near Leeds centre
Recorded crimes
1,460
June 2026
within about 1 mile
- Violence & sexual offences410
- Shoplifting320
- Anti-social behaviour140
- Other theft114
- Public order107
- Drugs77
- Burglary65
- Criminal damage & arson57
- Robbery53
- Vehicle crime40
- Theft from the person26
- Bicycle theft19
- Other crime18
- Possession of weapons14
Police data is published about 2–3 months in arrears, so June 2026 is the most recent full month available. Counts reflect where crimes were recorded, not necessarily where they happened, and busier areas naturally show more.
This is the recorded crime around the centre of Leeds. For a specific neighbourhood, open the crime checker and enter the postcode to centre the results there — with how to read the numbers and where the data comes from.
Check Leeds further
Common questions
- Is Leeds a safe place to live?
- No single number answers that. The figures here show recorded crime near the centre of Leeds for the latest month available. For the areas you're actually considering, compare a few specific postcodes in the crime checker.
- Why is the Leeds crime data a couple of months old?
- Police forces publish to data.police.uk about two to three months in arrears, and it updates monthly, so the latest full month is always slightly behind. We label the month shown.
- Does this cover the whole of Leeds?
- It's the crime recorded within about a mile of the centre of Leeds. For a specific neighbourhood, enter its postcode in the crime checker to centre the results there.