Total Crime Rate
74.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Eastwood Gardens area has the 58th highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Cross Gates & Whinmoor , and the 1181st lowest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Eastwood Gardens (LS14 5JG) in the last 12 months was 74.8 per 1,000 residents and was 43.1% lower 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 Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -27.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 56.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eastwood Gardens (LS14 5JG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Eastwood Lane, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dennil Crescent (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastwood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Barwick Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastwood Nook | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Southwood Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southwood Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastwood Nook | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastwood Nook | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swardale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swardale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodview Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastwood Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastwood Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swardale Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Elmet Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swardale Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swardale Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodview Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southwood Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dennil Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swarcliffe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swarcliffe Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dennil Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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