Morley South
WardSouth Leeds. About 24,874 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 13 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Morley South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Morley South compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Morley South safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Morley South at a rate of 129.9 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, 209 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Morley South.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,166), other crime (514) and shoplifting (420).
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 Morley South alone. See Leeds
Morley South in brief
Morley South had 23,992 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Morley South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Morley South, 98.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Morley South, 2.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.