LS15
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Leeds, in Leeds.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an LS15 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In LS15, 98.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How LS15 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LS15 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LS15 at a rate of 94.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 121.1 per 1,000 people across LS.
In August 2026 alone, 284 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LS15.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,139), other crime (593) and anti-social behaviour (402).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LS15 was 94.4 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in LS15, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LS15 has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in LS15
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds 022C | 1,354 | 54.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.0% |
| Leeds 022D | 1,430 | 36.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.5% |
| Leeds 030A | 1,625 | 30.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.7% |
| Leeds 030C | 1,505 | 48.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.9% |
| Leeds 057A | 1,315 | 40.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 057B | 1,424 | 108.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Leeds 057C | 1,493 | 251.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Leeds 057D | 1,442 | 87.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.6% |
| Leeds 057E | 1,658 | 36.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.5% |
| Leeds 057F | 1,816 | 49.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| Leeds 061C | 1,498 | 120.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.3% |
| Leeds 061D | 1,424 | 39.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 069A | 1,455 | 41.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 069B | 1,639 | 167.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.5% |
| Leeds 069C | 1,485 | 46.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 069D | 1,528 | 50.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.0% |
| Leeds 069E | 1,359 | 242.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.4% |
| Leeds 072A | 1,645 | 120.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 072B | 1,383 | 157.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 072D | 1,858 | 152.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.1% |
| Leeds 073A | 1,714 | 245.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% |
| Leeds 073B | 1,500 | 63.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| Leeds 073C | 1,457 | 105.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 073D | 1,109 | 28.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.8% |
MPs for LS15
- Richard BurgonLabourMP for Leeds East61% of LS15’s postcodes
- Hilary BennLabourMP for Leeds South23% of LS15’s postcodes
- Sir Alec ShelbrookeConservativeMP for Wetherby and Easingwold16% of LS15’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in LS156
Postcode sectors in LS156
Council1
Towns in LS151
Postcode districts next to LS156
Nearest rail stations3
More in the LS postcode area2
LS15 in brief
LS15 is a postcode district covering Leeds, in Leeds.
About 36,059 people lived in LS15 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £265,000 in 2025 across 552 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 94.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LS15 was £265,000 in 2025.
LS15 had 34,981 usual residents at the census.
In LS15, 98.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In LS15, 3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.