# Leek

Town in Staffordshire Moorlands, West Midlands.

Leek is a town in Staffordshire Moorlands, West Midlands. Median sale price £190,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 89.6 per 1,000 people. About 19,569 people.

Town. Code E63001792. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Staffordshire Moorlands](https://openindex.co.uk/staffordshire-moorlands)

Leek is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Leek add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £190,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Leek was £190,000 in 2025. Joint 180th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/leek#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 19,388** (2021). Leek had 19,388 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 564th most populated of 1,209. 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/town/leek#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 97%** (2022). About 97% of people in Leek 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/town/leek#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.3%** (January 2026). In Leek, 95.3% 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/town/leek#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001792) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 97% of people in Leek live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63001792) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 308 homes were sold in Leek in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63001792) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Leek.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001792) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Leek had 19,388 usual residents at the census.

## How Leek compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Leek | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £190,000 | 4th cheapest | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2025 |
| Population | 19,388 | 37th least populated | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 97% | joint 16th most people in radon Affected Areas | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 95.3% | joint 42nd lowest | 88 towns, West Midlands · Jan 2026 |

## Is Leek safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Leek at a rate of 89.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.4 per 1,000 people across West Midlands.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 168 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Leek.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (737), anti-social behaviour (326) and other crime (296).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Leek was 95.6 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 Leek, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Leek has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

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

## Neighbourhoods in Leek

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Staffordshire Moorlands 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/staffordshire-moorlands/neighbourhood/e01029806) | 1,468 | 57.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.3% |
| [Staffordshire Moorlands 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/staffordshire-moorlands/neighbourhood/e01029808) | 1,514 | 62.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 88.5% |
| [Staffordshire Moorlands 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/staffordshire-moorlands/neighbourhood/e01029809) | 1,503 | 88.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| [Staffordshire Moorlands 001E](https://openindex.co.uk/staffordshire-moorlands/neighbourhood/e01029810) | 1,408 | 112.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Staffordshire Moorlands 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/staffordshire-moorlands/neighbourhood/e01029804) | 1,775 | 179.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.0% |
| [Staffordshire Moorlands 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/staffordshire-moorlands/neighbourhood/e01029807) | 1,115 | 130.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.5% |
| [Staffordshire Moorlands 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/staffordshire-moorlands/neighbourhood/e01029811) | 1,511 | 110.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| [Staffordshire Moorlands 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/staffordshire-moorlands/neighbourhood/e01029812) | 1,994 | 142.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.6% |
| [Staffordshire Moorlands 005E](https://openindex.co.uk/staffordshire-moorlands/neighbourhood/e01029814) | 1,597 | 56.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.6% |
| [Staffordshire Moorlands 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/staffordshire-moorlands/neighbourhood/e01029805) | 1,676 | 82.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.3% |
| [Staffordshire Moorlands 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/staffordshire-moorlands/neighbourhood/e01029813) | 2,233 | 42.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 79.4% |
| [Staffordshire Moorlands 006E](https://openindex.co.uk/staffordshire-moorlands/neighbourhood/e01029815) | 1,440 | 38.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.0% |
| [Staffordshire Moorlands 006F](https://openindex.co.uk/staffordshire-moorlands/neighbourhood/e01029816) | 1,376 | 21.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |

## Your MP

- [Staffordshire Moorlands](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/staffordshire-moorlands): Dame Karen Bradley (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.

## Council

[Staffordshire Moorlands](https://openindex.co.uk/staffordshire-moorlands)

## Postcode districts covering Leek

[ST13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/st13)

## Middle areas in Leek

[Leek East & Upper Hulme](https://openindex.co.uk/staffordshire-moorlands/leek-east-and-upper-hulme), [Leek South & Cheddleton](https://openindex.co.uk/staffordshire-moorlands/leek-south-and-cheddleton), [Leek Town](https://openindex.co.uk/staffordshire-moorlands/leek-town)

## Towns near Leek

[Stoke-on-Trent](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent), [Biddulph](https://openindex.co.uk/town/biddulph), [Congleton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/congleton), [Cheadle](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cheadle-staffordshire-moorlands), [Kidsgrove](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kidsgrove), [Newcastle-under-Lyme](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newcastle-under-lyme)

## Leek in brief

Leek is a town in Staffordshire Moorlands, West Midlands.
About 19,569 people lived in Leek in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £190,000 in 2025 across 308 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 89.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Leek was £190,000 in 2025.
Leek had 19,388 usual residents at the census.
About 97% of people in Leek live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Leek, 95.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63001792
- Constituency: [Staffordshire Moorlands †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/staffordshire-moorlands)
- Council: [Staffordshire Moorlands †](https://openindex.co.uk/staffordshire-moorlands)
- Region: [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/west-midlands)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 5.44 km²
- People, mid-2024: 19,569*
- Neighbourhoods: 13
- Output areas: 67

* 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 and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Stoke-on-Trent](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent), [Biddulph](https://openindex.co.uk/town/biddulph), [Congleton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/congleton), [Cheadle](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cheadle-staffordshire-moorlands), [Kidsgrove](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kidsgrove), [Newcastle-under-Lyme](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newcastle-under-lyme)

## Latest updates for Leek

- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.
- GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63001792

## How to cite

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

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/leek