Total Crime Rate

75.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 75.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.0 5/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Public order 3.0 2/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

The Drive area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Weetwood , and the 1169th lowest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Drive (LS16 6BG) in the last 12 months was 75.1 per 1,000 residents and was 15.5% higher than the Weetwood average (65.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 116.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 45.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 114.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Drive (LS16 6BG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Otley Old Road, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Raynel Green (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Raynel Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Raynel Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hollycroft Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Otterburn Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Otley Old Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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