Total Crime Rate
289.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
142.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kendal Drive area has the 21st highest crime rate of 136 local areas in Burmantofts & Richmond Hill , and the 207th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kendal Drive (LS15 0BR) in the last 12 months was 289.0 per 1,000 residents and was 47.1% higher than the Burmantofts & Richmond Hill average (196.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 142.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kendal Drive (LS15 0BR), the main crime hotspot is near Further/Higher Educational Building. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Greystone Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kendal Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grayrigg Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grayrigg Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colby Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colby Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Levens Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Neville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Penrith Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highland Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Coniston Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingleton Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Coniston Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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