Total Crime Rate
13.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
13.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Manston Drive area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 123 local areas in Cross Gates & Whinmoor , and the 118th 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 Manston Drive (LS15 8BL) in the last 12 months was 13.0 per 1,000 residents and was 90.1% 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 13.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Manston Drive (LS15 8BL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tranquility Walk, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Austhorpe Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ring Road Cross Gates | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tranquility Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tranquility | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manston Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Beulah Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Beulah Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beulah Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | North Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Manston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Manston Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tranquility Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Marshall Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tranquility Walk | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Marshall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tranquility Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tranquility Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Manston Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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