What is the safest area of Leeds?

Of the LS districts with recorded-crime data, LS29 has the lowest crime rate (96 per 1,000), and LS1 the highest (1,727). 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, LS13 is the cheapest (£206,055) and LS3 the most expensive (£2,962,186), with a city average of £430,640. 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: LS29 (96)City avg 418 · UK district avg 250Highest: LS1 (1,727)

Average sold price

Cheapest: LS13 (£206,055)City avg £430,640Priciest: LS3 (£2,962,186)

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
LS29	96	£478,812	9/10
LS24	115	£354,427	8/10
LS22	122	£529,724	8/10
LS23	147	£471,528	8/10
LS21	158	£368,471	8/10
LS25	174	£320,189	8/10
LS17	207	£430,614	8/10
LS18	234	£349,358	8/10
LS16	237	£363,879	8/10
LS19	249	£311,480	8/10
LS28	250	£270,297	7/10
LS20	261	£353,979	9/10
LS27	268	£266,869	6/10
LS26	288	£275,593	6/10
LS15	319	£303,411	7/10
LS7	382	£333,503	4/10
LS13	395	£206,055	4/10
LS6	410	£508,385	6/10
LS4	413	£206,524	4/10
LS10	479	£266,316	3/10
LS14	516	£268,587	3/10
LS12	517	£248,366	3/10
LS5	594	£240,381	3/10
LS9	603	£225,199	2/10
LS11	654	£218,135	2/10
LS8	682	£298,248	5/10
LS3	717	£2,962,186	5/10
LS2	898	£529,412	4/10
LS1	1,727	£528,631	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.