# LS23 6SZ: area report for a postcode in Leeds

LS23 6SZ is a postcode in Leeds.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Leeds. Open the map at LS23 6SZ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Leeds](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds) › [LS23](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls23) › [LS23 6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls23-6)

## Around this postcode

- **3 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 25% on July. Leeds 005C: 22 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.3480,53.8933,LS236SZ
- **Ulleskelf, 9.8 km**: The nearest station, in a straight line. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.3480,53.8933,LS236SZ
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 750 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.3480,53.8933,LS236SZ
- **No property in LS23 6SZ listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-1.3480,53.8933,LS236SZ
- **England’s least deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Leeds 005C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.3480,53.8933,LS236SZ
- **£247,695 average price**: For the whole of Leeds, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.3480,53.8933,LS236SZ
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.2 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.3480,53.8933,LS236SZ
- **No supermarkets within 1 km**: None found within 2 km. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.3480,53.8933,LS236SZ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at LS23 6SZ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.3480,53.8933,LS236SZ
- **Moderate road and rail noise at LS23 6SZ**: Road 59 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.3480,53.8933,LS236SZ
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 3 of 6**: 3% to 5% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-1.3480,53.8933,LS236SZ
- **9.6 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.3480,53.8933,LS236SZ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Bramham Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bramham-primary-school-e107844) | Primary | 750 m (9 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, January 2024 | 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St John's Catholic Specialist School, Boston Spa](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-johns-catholic-specialist-school-boston-spa-e108120) | Special | 770 m (10 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), February 2024 | – |
| [St Mary's Church of England Controlled Primary School Boston Spa](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-church-of-england-controlled-primary-school-boston-spa-e107997) | Primary | 870 m (11 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade | 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Primrose Lane Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/primrose-lane-primary-school-e107869) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), December 2023 | 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Boston Spa](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-edwards-catholic-primary-school-boston-spa-e108012) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), December 2022 | 82% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Boston Spa Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/boston-spa-academy-e146217) | Secondary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), January 2023 | Attainment 8 of 54.9 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Lady Elizabeth Hastings' CofE VA Primary School, Thorp Arch](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lady-elizabeth-hastings-cofe-va-primary-school-thorp-arch-e108010) | Primary | 1.9 km (24 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), July 2024 | 33% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| March 2026 | £157,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| July 2025 | £200,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 40 m |
| April 2024 | £200,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 60 m |
| June 2025 | £540,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 120 m |
| November 2024 | £795,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 120 m |
| August 2025 | £692,500 | Detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| May 2026 | £480,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| September 2024 | £262,500 | Terraced, established, freehold | 150 m |

## Within 1 km

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £247,695** (July 2026). Leeds’s average house price was £247,695 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 3.8% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £36,716** (2025). Full-time workers living in Leeds earned a median of £36,716 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 115th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 6.7×** (2025). A home in Leeds costs 6.7 times local full-time pay. Joint 145th most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 24.1** (2025). Leeds has a deprivation score of 24.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 86th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Leeds 005C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 7.4** (2025). Leeds 005C has a deprivation score of 7.4 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 5,517th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £394,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Leeds 005C was £394,500 in 2025. Joint 9,045th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,414** (2021). Leeds 005C had 1,414 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 18,839th least populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 99.9%** (January 2026). In Leeds 005C, 99.9% 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.

## LS23 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £389,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in LS23 was £389,000 in 2025. 635th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 9,904** (2021). LS23 had 9,904 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 706th least 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.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 97%** (2022). About 97% of people in LS23 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.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 90.8%** (January 2026). In LS23, 90.8% 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.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Leeds](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds)
- Centre: 53.8933, -1.3480

Council: [Leeds](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds) (Metropolitan borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Wetherby and Easingwold](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wetherby-and-easingwold): Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Conservative), MP since July 2024.

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

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-1.3480,53.8933,LS236SZ

## How to cite

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