What is the safest area of Leeds?

Of the LS districts with recorded-crime data, LS24 has the lowest crime rate (46 per 1,000), and LS1 the highest (1,526). Crime is heavily concentrated around the city centre, so residential districts on the edge usually record far less.

Where are the cheapest and most expensive areas of Leeds?

By average sold price across LS districts, LS9 is the cheapest (£183,906) and LS1 the most expensive (£1,892,051), with a city average of £384,500. Prices are averages of what actually sold, from HM Land Registry.

Leeds by area

The LS postcode area covers Leeds and its immediate surrounds, spanning 33 postcode districts. A city is never one thing, so here is how those districts actually compare on the numbers that matter, from the lowest to the highest, with the city average and the national picture for context. Every district links to its full data.

The spread across Leeds

bar = range across districts (lowest to highest) · line = city average · dashed = national

Recorded crime, per 1,000 (29 districts with data)

Lowest: LS24 (46)City avg 423 · UK district avg 228Highest: LS1 (1,526)

Average sold price

Cheapest: LS9 (£183,906)City avg £384,500Priciest: LS1 (£1,892,051)

Deprivation decile (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)

Most deprived: LS11 (2/10)City avg 5.5/10 · national midpoint 5.5Least deprived: LS20 (9/10)

Every Leeds district, safest first

District	Crime /1,000	Avg price	Deprivation
LS24	46	£328,307	8/10
LS29	85	£473,754	9/10
LS22	92	£474,726	8/10
LS21	100	£344,256	8/10
LS23	120	£446,210	8/10
LS25	156	£278,801	8/10
LS17	188	£410,278	8/10
LS28	224	£258,142	7/10
LS26	243	£277,016	6/10
LS16	253	£389,849	8/10
LS20	256	£342,851	9/10
LS18	271	£349,599	8/10
LS27	283	£238,034	6/10
LS19	322	£308,794	8/10
LS15	329	£276,951	7/10
LS7	371	£292,687	4/10
LS4	442	£213,273	4/10
LS13	446	£204,280	4/10
LS12	465	£218,767	3/10
LS14	478	£290,963	3/10
LS6	489	£300,678	6/10
LS10	502	£259,050	3/10
LS9	544	£183,906	2/10
LS11	669	£241,148	2/10
LS5	741	£222,144	3/10
LS8	762	£325,197	5/10
LS3	850	£526,411	5/10
LS2	1,011	£782,368	4/10
LS1	1,526	£1,892,051	4/10

The LS postcode area is used as a practical proxy for Leeds; it includes some surrounding places and may not match the council boundary. Crime is per 1,000 properties from Police.uk and is weighted by city-centre and retail activity; districts with very few homes (business parks and the like) are left out of the crime figures because the per-1,000 rate is distorted where there are almost no residents. Prices are averages of recorded sales from HM Land Registry. Deprivation is the English Indices of Deprivation decile (1 = most deprived). All figures are indicative, not a regulated search. Read the crime and deprivation guides for how to interpret them.