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Samuel Port

The 10 Leeds neighbourhoods with the worst crime rates

The 10 Leeds neighbourhoods where you wouldn't want to go after dark have been calculated, according to crime reports and the latest crime rates.

Crimerate.co.uk calculated the rates of crime in the West Yorkshire city, finding it the most dangerous overall in the UK. The site takes crime rates per street and calculates the rate per population.

The overall crime rate in Leeds in 2022 was 172 crimes per 1,000 people. The three areas with the highest neighbourhoods rates were Leeds City Centre, Armley & New Wortley and Osmondthorpe & Neville Hill.

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Crimerate.co.uk said on its site: "The most common crimes in Leeds are violence and sexual offences, with 36,393 offences during 2022, giving a crime rate of 71.

"This is 8% higher than 2021's figure of 33,738 offences and a difference of 5.20 from 2021's crime rate of 66. Leeds's least common crimes are possession of weapons, with 909 offences recorded in 2022, an increase of 23% from 2021's figure of 741 crimes."

See the top ten areas for the worst crime rates, below.

Neighbourhood Crime Count Crime Rate
Leeds City Centre 11,821 869
Armley & New Wortley 2,722 309
Osmondthorpe & Neville Hill 1,812 296
Lincoln Green & St James 2,562 278
Beeston West & Cottingley 2,182 264
Seacroft South 1,454 262
Seacroft North & Monkswood 1,491 261
Harehills South 2,220 259
Burmantofts 2,133 256
Beeston Hill & Hunslet Moor 1,662 244

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