Total Crime Rate

85.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 85.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.2 8/10
  • Burglary 8.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.1 3/10
  • Robbery 4.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Woodhall Drive area has the 55th highest crime rate of 114 local areas in Kirkstall , and the 1224th highest 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 Woodhall Drive (LS5 3LQ) in the last 12 months was 85.0 per 1,000 residents and was 43.0% lower than the Kirkstall average (149.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 44.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woodhall Drive (LS5 3LQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cragside Gardens, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cragside Place (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Woodhall Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cragside Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cragside Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cragside Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cragside Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cragside Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbeydale Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cragside Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cragside Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cragside Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cragside Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cragside Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cragside Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cragside Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cragside Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cragside Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cragside Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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