Total Crime Rate
8.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Manston Drive area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 123 local areas in Cross Gates & Whinmoor , and the 48th 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 8.7 per 1,000 residents and was 93.4% 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 8.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.5% 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 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Austhorpe Road (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cross Gates & Whinmoor| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Manston Approach | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Beulah Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Austhorpe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Austhorpe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Austhorpe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manston Approach | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Manston Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Manston Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Back Marshall Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Marshall Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | East View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | East View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manston Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Beulah Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Beulah Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | North Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manston Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Tranquility Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tranquility Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tranquility Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Tranquility Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tranquility Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tranquility Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Tranquility Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sandbed Lawns | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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