Crime Rates at Stanks Drive, Leeds, LS14 5BJ

Stanks Drive area has the 25th highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Cross Gates & Whinmoor , and the 662nd highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Stanks Drive (LS14 5BJ) in the last 12 months was 151.2 per 1,000 residents and was 15.0% higher than the Cross Gates & Whinmoor average (131.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 60.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 96.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Stanks Drive (LS14 5BJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Farndale Place (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.