Crime Rates at Stanks Drive, Leeds, LS14 5QD

Stanks Drive area has the 58th highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Cross Gates & Whinmoor , and the 1185th 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 Stanks Drive (LS14 5QD) in the last 12 months was 76.6 per 1,000 residents and was 41.5% lower 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 42.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 46.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Stanks Drive (LS14 5QD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Adams Grove, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stanks Grove (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.