# LS15

Postcode district covering Leeds, in Leeds.

LS15 is a postcode district covering Leeds, in Leeds. Median sale price £265,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 94.2 per 1,000 people. About 36,059 people.

Postcode district. Code LS15. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [LS](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls)

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](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £265,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in LS15 was £265,000 in 2025. Joint 861st cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls15#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 34,981** (2021). LS15 had 34,981 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 656th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls15#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in LS15 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls15#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 98.3%** (January 2026). In LS15, 98.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls15#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=LS15) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in LS15 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=LS15) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 552 homes were sold in LS15 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=LS15) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for LS15.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=LS15) (Census 2021, England and Wales): LS15 had 34,981 usual residents at the census.

## How LS15 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | LS15 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £265,000 | 14th most expensive | 29 postcode districts, LS · 2025 |
| Population | 34,981 | 14th most populated | 30 postcode districts, LS · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 30 postcode districts, LS · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 98.3% | 8th highest | 30 postcode districts, LS · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the LS postcode area.
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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in LS15

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Leeds 022C](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/neighbourhood/e01011715) | 1,354 | 54.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.0% |
| [Leeds 022D](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/neighbourhood/e01011719) | 1,430 | 36.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.5% |
| [Leeds 030A](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/neighbourhood/e01011296) | 1,625 | 30.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.7% |
| [Leeds 030C](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/neighbourhood/e01011309) | 1,505 | 48.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.9% |
| [Leeds 057A](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/neighbourhood/e01011406) | 1,315 | 40.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Leeds 057B](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/neighbourhood/e01011407) | 1,424 | 108.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| [Leeds 057C](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/neighbourhood/e01011408) | 1,493 | 251.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| [Leeds 057D](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/neighbourhood/e01011409) | 1,442 | 87.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.6% |
| [Leeds 057E](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/neighbourhood/e01011410) | 1,658 | 36.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.5% |
| [Leeds 057F](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/neighbourhood/e01011412) | 1,816 | 49.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| [Leeds 061C](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/neighbourhood/e01011345) | 1,498 | 120.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.3% |
| [Leeds 061D](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/neighbourhood/e01011666) | 1,424 | 39.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| [Leeds 069A](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/neighbourhood/e01011413) | 1,455 | 41.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Leeds 069B](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/neighbourhood/e01011415) | 1,639 | 167.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.5% |
| [Leeds 069C](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/neighbourhood/e01011416) | 1,485 | 46.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Leeds 069D](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/neighbourhood/e01011417) | 1,528 | 50.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.0% |
| [Leeds 069E](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/neighbourhood/e01011420) | 1,359 | 242.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.4% |
| [Leeds 072A](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/neighbourhood/e01011616) | 1,645 | 120.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Leeds 072B](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/neighbourhood/e01011620) | 1,383 | 157.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Leeds 072D](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/neighbourhood/e01011624) | 1,858 | 152.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.1% |
| [Leeds 073A](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/neighbourhood/e01011411) | 1,714 | 245.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% |
| [Leeds 073B](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/neighbourhood/e01011414) | 1,500 | 63.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| [Leeds 073C](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/neighbourhood/e01011418) | 1,457 | 105.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Leeds 073D](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/neighbourhood/e01011419) | 1,109 | 28.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.8% |

## Your MP

- [Leeds East](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/leeds-east): Richard Burgon (Labour), MP since July 2024. 61% of the people here.
- [Leeds South](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/leeds-south): Hilary Benn (Labour), MP since July 2024. 23% of the people here.
- [Wetherby and Easingwold](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wetherby-and-easingwold): Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 16% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in LS15

[Aberford, Barwick & Thorner](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/aberford-barwick-and-thorner), [Colton, Austhorpe & Whitkirk](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/colton-austhorpe-and-whitkirk), [Cross Gates East & Manston](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/cross-gates-east-and-manston), [Halton Moor](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/halton-moor), [Scarcroft, Shadwell & Scholes](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/scarcroft-shadwell-and-scholes), [Temple Newsam & Graveleythorpe](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/temple-newsam-and-graveleythorpe)

## Postcode sectors in LS15

[LS15 0 (183 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls15-0), [LS15 4 (164 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls15-4), [LS15 5 (2 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls15-5), [LS15 7 (236 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls15-7), [LS15 8 (312 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls15-8), [LS15 9 (111 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls15-9)

## Council

[Leeds](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds)

## Towns in LS15

[Leeds](https://openindex.co.uk/town/leeds)

## Postcode districts next to LS15

[LS9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls9), [LS10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls10), [LS14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls14), [LS23](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls23), [LS25](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls25), [LS26](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls26)

## Nearest rail stations

[Garforth (4.0 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.3823,53.7966), [Cross Gates (4.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.4516,53.8049), [East Garforth (4.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.3705,53.7920)

## More in the LS postcode area

[All LS postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## 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.
About 100% of people in LS15 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In LS15, 98.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: LS15
- Postcode area: [LS](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls)
- Constituency: [Leeds East †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/leeds-east)
- Council: [Leeds †](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds)
- Area: 37.45 km²
- People, mid-2024: 36,059*
- Neighbourhoods: 24
- Output areas: 121

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[LS14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls14), [LS9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls9), [LS25](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls25), [LS26](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls26), [LS23](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls23), [LS10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls10)

## Latest updates for LS15

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/LS15

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls15, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls15#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls15