Total Crime Rate
151.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Stanks Drive area has the 26th 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 15.4% higher than the Cross Gates & Whinmoor average (131.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -77.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 104.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.2% 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 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Farndale Garth (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cross Gates & Whinmoor| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Baildon Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farndale Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Baildon Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farndale Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Baildon Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Baildon Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sledmere Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Farndale Garth | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherburn Place | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Farndale Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Farndale Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farndale Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farndale Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sherburn Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Green Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brayton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Brayton Approach | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Brayton Approach | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Green Gardens | Under investigation |
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