LS23
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Boston Spa, Bramham and Clifford, 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 LS23 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In LS23, 90.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How LS23 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LS23 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LS23 at a rate of 70.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 121.1 per 1,000 people across LS.
In August 2026 alone, 112 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LS23.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (360), other crime (158) and anti-social behaviour (59).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LS23 was 65.3 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 LS23, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LS23 has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in LS23
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds 002A | 2,285 | 137.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 72.4% |
| Leeds 005A | 1,295 | 84.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.5% |
| Leeds 005B | 2,047 | 26.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.5% |
| Leeds 005C | 1,414 | 22.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Leeds 005D | 1,417 | 42.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.2% |
| Leeds 005E | 1,448 | 85.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.3% |
Your MP
- Sir Alec ShelbrookeConservativeMP for Wetherby and Easingwold
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 LS231
Postcode sectors in LS232
Council1
Postcode districts next to LS236
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LS23 in brief
LS23 is a postcode district covering Boston Spa, Bramham and Clifford, in Leeds.
About 9,900 people lived in LS23 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £389,000 in 2025 across 149 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 70.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LS23 was £389,000 in 2025.
LS23 had 9,904 usual residents at the census.
In LS23, 90.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In LS23, 1.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.