Leeds
Leeds is covered by postcode districts LS8, LS9, LS10, LS11, LS12, LS17 and 18 more. It is in the Leeds council area, England.
ONS publishes this built-up area as Leeds (Leeds).
Every postcode in Leeds, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 612
- In use before 2020: 12,189
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 12,801 postcodes in Leeds that ONS places, 612 are new since 2020 and 12,189 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.8097, longitude -1.5507. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 30 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. LS2 8JG, is the newest of them.
- 26 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. LS1 9QU, is the newest of them.
- 24 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. LS14 6BF, is the newest of them.
- 23 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. LS14 9PF, is the newest of them.
- 22 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. LS12 1FR, is the newest of them.
- 21 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. LS2 8HF, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Leeds?
Homes sold for a typical £235,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.1% on the 12 months before. At 11,421 of the 12,186 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 4,679 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 701 of its 12,801 postcodes. It has at least 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Leeds, 1.6 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Leeds?
Homes in Leeds sold for a typical £235,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 4,344 sales, up 3.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £415,000 527 sales
- Semi-detached £260,000 1,798 sales
- Terraced £193,000 1,292 sales
- Flat or maisonette £150,000 727 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole LS12 district, Leeds's main postcode district: a typical £185,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Leeds: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Leeds?
612 of the 12,801 postcodes now in use in Leeds came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 210 of the 5,701 homes sold in Leeds were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LS12 district, 6%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Leeds | Across the LS12 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 23 of 4,344 (Under 1%) | 1 of 407 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 210 of 5,701 (4%) | 30 of 503 (6%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Leeds?
Ofcom reports on 12,186 of the 12,801 postcodes in Leeds. At 11,421 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Leeds at risk of flooding?
701 of the 12,801 postcodes in Leeds have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 4,679 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Leeds?
The open schools at the postcodes in Leeds (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Blenheim Primary School350 m 464 pupils, 459 places
- West Oaks School450 m 503 pupils, 500 places
- Little London Academy700 m 431 pupils, 630 places
- Quarry Mount Primary School700 m 168 pupils, 210 places
- Dixons Trinity Chapeltown1.3 km 960 pupils, 980 places
- Holy Rosary and St Anne's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy1.3 km 207 pupils, 210 places
- Rosebank Primary School1.3 km 345 pupils, 393 places
- Brudenell Primary School1.4 km 235 pupils, 332 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Leeds?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Leeds is Leeds Rail Station, 1.6 km away in a straight line.
- Leeds Rail Station Railway station 1.6 kmCycle
- Burley Park Rail Station Railway station 1.8 kmCycle
- Headingley Rail Station Railway station 3.0 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Leeds?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Leeds, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Leeds Student Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report April 2020, over 3 years old · Phone 0113 295 4488 200 mWalk
- Woodhouse Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 0113 221 3510 400 mWalk
- Craven Road Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 0113 295 3530 550 mWalk
- One Medicare Llp-the Light Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report April 2024 · Phone 0113 242 7425 1.1 kmWalk
- Hyde Park Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 0113 200 1090 1.2 kmWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Leeds safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 13,717 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Leeds over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 1,073 September 2025
- 1,344 October 2025
- 1,228 November 2025
- 1,092 December 2025
- 1,062 January 2026
- 1,009 February 2026
- 1,219 March 2026
- 1,146 April 2026
- 1,238 May 2026
- 1,152 June 2026
- 1,076 July 2026
- 1,078 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 498, robbery 353, theft from the person 322, other crime 284, bicycle theft 275, possession of weapons 139.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Leeds?
- Council
- Leeds
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Leeds South (3,040), Leeds Central and Headingley (2,660), Leeds North East (2,150) and 5 others
- Police force area
- West Yorkshire
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Leeds
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Leeds about council tax Council tax, on leeds.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Leeds
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Leeds postcodes
12,801 postcodes in use in Leeds, by district:
Those districts are in the LS postcode area and WF postcode area.
Check a Leeds postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Leeds
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Leeds's £235,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Leeds
- What is it like to live in Leeds?
- Homes sold for a typical £235,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.1% on the 12 months before. At 11,421 of the 12,186 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 4,679 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 701 of its 12,801 postcodes. It has at least 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Leeds, 1.6 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Leeds?
- Leeds is covered by postcode districts LS8, LS9, LS10, LS11, LS12, LS17 and 18 more, across 12,801 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Leeds in?
- Leeds is in the Leeds council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Leeds?
- Homes in Leeds sold for a typical £235,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 4,344 sales, up 3.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Leeds?
- In Leeds, primary schools at its postcodes include Blenheim Primary School, West Oaks School and Little London Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include West Oaks School, Leeds City Academy and Dixons Trinity Chapeltown. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Leeds have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Leeds is Leeds, 1.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Leeds?
- Ofcom reports on 12,186 of the 12,801 postcodes in Leeds. At 11,421 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Leeds at risk of flooding?
- 701 of the 12,801 postcodes in Leeds have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 4,679 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Leeds?
- 612 of the 12,801 postcodes now in use in Leeds came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 210 of the 5,701 homes sold in Leeds were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LS12 district, 6%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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