LS17
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Leeds, Moortown and Alwoodley, 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 LS17 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In LS17, 94.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How LS17 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LS17 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LS17 at a rate of 61.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 121.1 per 1,000 people across LS.
In August 2026 alone, 259 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LS17.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,058), other crime (518) and shoplifting (338).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LS17 was 66.4 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 LS17, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LS17 has no single figure. Of its 29 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 11 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in LS17
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrogate 021C | 1,685 | 19.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 31.0% |
| Leeds 006A | 1,186 | 120.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 79.3% |
| Leeds 006D | 1,471 | 34.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 76.2% |
| Leeds 006E | 1,785 | 24.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 82.2% |
| Leeds 012A | 1,445 | 70.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.2% |
| Leeds 012B | 1,567 | 31.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.6% |
| Leeds 012C | 1,392 | 27.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.8% |
| Leeds 012D | 1,558 | 27.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 012E | 1,472 | 33.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Leeds 015A | 1,650 | 53.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.5% |
| Leeds 015B | 1,421 | 16.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 015C | 1,482 | 26.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 015D | 1,337 | 54.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 015E | 1,915 | 40.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Leeds 018A | 1,383 | 31.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.7% |
| Leeds 018B | 1,778 | 136.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 018C | 1,474 | 221.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.3% |
| Leeds 018D | 1,937 | 102.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Leeds 020B | 1,490 | 55.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 022B | 1,581 | 42.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.3% |
| Leeds 023A | 1,436 | 44.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.6% |
| Leeds 023B | 1,414 | 73.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.2% |
| Leeds 023C | 1,722 | 60.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.5% |
| Leeds 023D | 1,495 | 101.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.2% |
| Leeds 023E | 1,744 | 27.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Leeds 025A | 1,702 | 48.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.3% |
| Leeds 025B | 1,539 | 41.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Leeds 025D | 1,528 | 119.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Leeds 025E | 1,783 | 83.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.6% |
MPs for LS17
- Fabian HamiltonLabourMP for Leeds North East74% of LS17’s postcodes
- Sir Alec ShelbrookeConservativeMP for Wetherby and Easingwold19% of LS17’s postcodes
- Sir Julian SmithConservativeMP for Skipton and Ripon6.3% of LS17’s postcodes
- Richard BurgonLabourMP for Leeds East1.0% of LS17’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 LS176
Postcode sectors in LS177
Council1
Towns in LS171
Postcode districts next to LS178
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LS17 in brief
LS17 is a postcode district covering Leeds, Moortown and Alwoodley, in Leeds.
About 45,763 people lived in LS17 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £387,250 in 2025 across 526 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 61.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LS17 was £387,250 in 2025.
LS17 had 45,165 usual residents at the census.
In LS17, 94.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In LS17, 3.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.