Sexual offences, domestic abuse and knife crime are helping to fuel the increase in crime across the city of Leeds, reports one of the city's most senior police officers.
Leeds District Commander, Superintendent Steve Dodds also highlighted malicious online messages as one of the reasons behind the rising crime statistics in the city. Recorded crime is up 7.6% in the year up to September 2022 when compared with pre-pandemic levels.
While speaking at a meeting of senior Leeds councillors on Wednesday, he said that although recorded incidents of anti-social behaviour had fallen, this was as a result of a change in how offences are recorded.
