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Moortown

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Central Leeds. About 24,128 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 5.6 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 96% of people in Moortown live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
23,782
66th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
96%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
97.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Moortown compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

MoortownMiddle
Population33 wards, Leeds · 2021
Population: every ward in Leeds33 areas from 18,522 to 31,176. The middle area is 24,021. Moortown is 23,782.
23,78214th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares33 wards, Leeds · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Leeds33 areas from 58.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Moortown is 96.0%.
96%9th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage33 wards, Leeds · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Leeds33 areas from 81.6% to 99.9%. The middle area is 98.2%. Moortown is 97.5%.
97.5%13th lowest
Claimant rate33 wards, Leeds · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Leeds33 areas from 1.4% to 12.6%. The middle area is 3.3%. Moortown is 3.0%.
3.0%15th lowest

Is Moortown safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Moortown at a rate of 59.0 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, 118 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Moortown.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (498), other crime (248) and shoplifting (127).

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 Moortown alone. See Leeds

Average house price
£247,695
Up 3.8% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£36,716
115th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.7×
Joint 145th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
24.1
Joint 86th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Moortown in brief

Moortown had 23,782 usual residents at the census.

About 96% of people in Moortown live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Moortown, 97.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Moortown, 3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.