Total Crime Rate

87.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

73.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 87.7 7/10
  • Violent crimes 73.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.2 8/10
  • Public order 14.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.2 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.2 4/10
  • Robbery 4.2 6/10
  • Other crime 2.1 1/10
  • Other theft 2.1 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.1 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Stanks Gardens area has the 50th highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Cross Gates & Whinmoor , and the 1170th 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 Gardens (LS14 5LS) in the last 12 months was 87.7 per 1,000 residents and was 33.3% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 73.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Stanks Gardens (LS14 5LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Whinmoor Way, where police recorded 215 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stanks Grove (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Stanks Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/48)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ainsley Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Langbar Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Swarcliffe Drive (East) Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Langbar Close —
Apr 2026Public order Stanks Parade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Stanks Approach Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson St Benedict Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Langbar Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whinmoor Way Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Langbar Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Langbar Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whinmoor Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Whinmoor Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Langbar Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Swarcliffe Drive (East) Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Langbar Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Whinmoor Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Whinmoor Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Langbar Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Langbar Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Whinmoor Way Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Whinmoor Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Whinmoor Way Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Whinmoor Way Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Whinmoor Way Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Whinmoor Way Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Swarcliffe Drive (East) Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stanks Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Swarcliffe Green —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ash Tree Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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