Crime Rates at Stonecliffe Drive, Leeds, LS12 5SE

Stonecliffe Drive area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Farnley & Wortley , and the 93rd highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Stonecliffe Drive (LS12 5SE) in the last 12 months was 431.0 per 1,000 residents and was 233.3% higher than the Farnley & Wortley average (129.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 61 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 76 (≈ 218.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Stonecliffe Drive (LS12 5SE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stonebridge Approach, where police recorded 231 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tong Green (65 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.