The 11 worst Leeds areas for violence and sexual crime named by new West Yorkshire Police figures

The Leeds areas with the most violent crime have been named by new police figures.

The latest West Yorkshire Police data map, made available on Leeds Observatory, shows every violent and sexual offence recorded in Leeds from February 2023 to January 2024 that was not later cancelled.

This includes offences against the person such as common assaults, grievous bodily harm and sexual offences.

There were 45,216 crimes of this nature recorded across the city during the 12 month period. These are the 11 Leeds neighbourhoods with the most offences, listed in descending order.

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