Published crime rates, Leeds (West Yorkshire Police area)

Postcode districts and sectors ranked by published street-crime records per 1,000 Census 2021 residents, September 2025 to August 2026. Counts sit beside every rate.

These are published crime rates, not safety ratings. Expect city centres, stations and big shopping areas near the top: many people visit, few live there, and a residents-only rate counts the visitors' records against the residents alone. Published locations are approximate; they are snapped to anonymous map points before release, and each record is assigned to its nearest postcode, so records near a boundary can fall in the next area. Areas with fewer than 5,000 residents, and areas inside a force publication gap, are not ranked. Rates cover England and Wales only. How rankings are built.

Highest published rates

Rank of 83	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	BD1 5,957 residents	1,154.8	6,879
2	LS2 11,906 residents	397.5	4,733
3	HD1 24,512 residents	254.9	6,248
4	HX1 25,793 residents	246.3	6,354
5	LS3 5,416 residents	207.9	1,126
6	WF1 40,012 residents	200.9	8,039
7	LS11 39,911 residents	198.6	7,927
8	BD4 32,597 residents	198.3	6,463
9	LS9 43,567 residents	190.5	8,298
10	LS12 44,141 residents	183.7	8,107
11	BD21 26,990 residents	177.7	4,796
12	LS10 40,074 residents	170.2	6,821
13	BD5 32,053 residents	169.2	5,422
14	LS14 39,018 residents	156.2	6,096
15	WF13 29,424 residents	147.7	4,347
16	WF10 51,718 residents	147.3	7,616
17	LS5 8,454 residents	143.7	1,215
18	HX5 10,536 residents	142.7	1,504
19	BD7 36,173 residents	141.6	5,121
20	BD3 35,996 residents	138.9	5,000

Lowest published rates

Rank of 83	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
83	HD9 35,891 residents	35.4	1,269
82	LS29 32,846 residents	40.9	1,345
81	HD8 33,690 residents	46.3	1,559
80	HX4 12,048 residents	51.8	624
79	BD20 38,258 residents	58.0	2,219
78	LS21 18,547 residents	61.5	1,140
77	LS25 43,434 residents	62.0	2,692
76	LS17 44,893 residents	62.6	2,811
75	LS22 16,824 residents	64.0	1,077
74	WF3 34,110 residents	67.6	2,305
73	HX7 12,904 residents	69.0	890
72	LS23 9,843 residents	70.5	694
71	LS18 21,909 residents	72.0	1,577
70	WF4 44,608 residents	72.9	3,254
69	HD3 31,903 residents	77.5	2,471
68	BD11 11,575 residents	78.4	907
67	WF5 21,868 residents	78.9	1,726
66	BD16 25,386 residents	79.1	2,007
65	LS20 13,234 residents	79.9	1,058
64	LS26 31,390 residents	81.3	2,553

Postcode sectors: highest published rates

Rank of 235	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	BD5 0 5,551 residents	358.3	1,989
2	LS11 8 8,220 residents	303.8	2,497
3	LS11 5 5,535 residents	284.4	1,574
4	LS12 1 5,688 residents	274.6	1,562
5	WF8 1 5,137 residents	270.2	1,388
6	BD4 9 5,520 residents	257.1	1,419
7	LS9 7 9,086 residents	246.0	2,235
8	BD4 0 6,751 residents	234.8	1,585
9	LS12 2 8,252 residents	222.5	1,836
10	BD7 1 5,300 residents	222.5	1,179
11	LS12 3 8,988 residents	210.3	1,890
12	LS3 1 5,416 residents	207.9	1,126
13	LS9 6 14,211 residents	205.7	2,923
14	WF1 5 7,324 residents	204.4	1,497
15	BD4 7 5,182 residents	204.0	1,057
16	LS14 6 13,301 residents	202.3	2,691
17	LS8 5 8,557 residents	198.3	1,697
18	WF12 8 6,853 residents	195.4	1,339
19	HX2 8 8,275 residents	194.7	1,611
20	BD19 3 5,247 residents	189.6	995

Postcode sectors: lowest published rates

Rank of 235	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
235	HD9 1 6,640 residents	29.8	198
234	LS29 0 5,127 residents	30.6	157
233	BD16 3 5,875 residents	32.2	189
232	HD9 7 5,138 residents	34.1	175
231	LS22 6 6,599 residents	34.9	230
230	LS29 9 5,692 residents	35.0	199
229	LS29 7 7,230 residents	35.0	253
228	HD8 8 11,484 residents	35.3	405
227	HD9 6 6,274 residents	36.7	230
226	LS29 6 6,397 residents	38.1	244
225	LS21 1 6,402 residents	40.0	256
224	LS25 2 7,710 residents	41.0	316
223	HD9 2 5,036 residents	41.3	208
222	WF2 6 8,457 residents	42.0	355
221	BD20 5 7,667 residents	42.5	326
220	LS19 6 6,918 residents	43.1	298
219	HD9 5 5,371 residents	44.7	240
218	HX2 7 5,732 residents	45.4	260
217	HD8 0 11,159 residents	45.7	510
216	HX3 7 9,636 residents	48.4	466

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