Police recorded 41,138 violence and sexual offences offences in Leeds in the 12 months to June 2026, down 3.2% (1,373) on the previous 12 months. That is 48.9 per 1,000 residents against 34.7 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk
street-level crime archive, category “Violence and sexual offences”
local authority via LSOA lookup
population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 840,550
Monthly, May 2013 to June 2026
Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
Each year since 2011
Year to
Offences
Per 1,000
Population year
June 2011
6,459 (partial)
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June 2012
9,416
12.4
2012
June 2013
8,814
11.5
2013
June 2014
8,826
11.5
2014
June 2015
13,100
16.8
2015
June 2016
20,610
26.2
2016
June 2017
25,279
31.9
2017
June 2018
31,754
39.8
2018
June 2019
38,480
47.8
2019
June 2020
37,323
46.2
2020
June 2021
39,349
48.6
2021
June 2022
46,901
57.2
2022
June 2023
47,478
57.0
2023
June 2024
42,705
50.7
2024
June 2025
42,511
50.6
2025
June 2026
41,138
48.9
2025
What this measures
Offences against the person, from common assault and harassment to wounding, together with rape and other sexual offences. These are grouped together in the police.uk data and cannot be separated here.
Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.
A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.