The 15 worst Leeds neighbourhoods for public order offences named by police figures

The latest data, pulled from the Leeds Observatory, covers every public order crime recorded across the city between December 2024 and November 2025 that was not later cancelled.

During these 12 months, 8,829 public order offences were recorded city-wide.

Generally, these offences encompass behaviour that causes, or is likely to cause, harassment, alarm, or distress to members of the public.

This category of crime ranges from the use of threatening or abusive language to more serious instances of disorderly conduct, affray, or violent disorder, effectively serving to capture any incident where the conduct of an individual compromises public peace and the collective sense of safety within a community.

To help you understand the trends in your community, we have broken down the statistics by middle super output area - neighbourhoods which usually include around 2,000-6,000 households.

Below are the 15 most affected Leeds neighbourhoods, ranked in descending order based on the total number of offences.

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