Cross Gates & Whinmoor
WardEast Leeds. About 25,273 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 10 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 95% of people in Cross Gates & Whinmoor live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Cross Gates & Whinmoor compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Cross Gates & Whinmoor safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Cross Gates & Whinmoor at a rate of 120.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 125.7 per 1,000 people across Leeds.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 237 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Cross Gates & Whinmoor.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,230), other crime (537) and anti-social behaviour (301).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Leeds
These figures are published for the whole of Leeds, not for each ward, so they describe all of Leeds and not Cross Gates & Whinmoor alone. See Leeds
Cross Gates & Whinmoor in brief
Cross Gates & Whinmoor had 24,850 usual residents at the census.
About 95% of people in Cross Gates & Whinmoor live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Cross Gates & Whinmoor, 98.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Cross Gates & Whinmoor, 3.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.