LS16
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Leeds, Bramhope and West Park, in Leeds.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an LS16 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 98% of people in LS16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How LS16 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LS16 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LS16 at a rate of 79.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 121.1 per 1,000 people across the LS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 239 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LS16.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,370), other crime (572) and anti-social behaviour (280).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LS16 was 83.1 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 LS16, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LS16 has no single figure. Of its 25 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 10 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in LS16
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds 007C | 1,463 | 37.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 75.1% |
| Leeds 007E | 1,447 | 147.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 70.0% |
| Leeds 007F | 1,781 | 47.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.1% |
| Leeds 013A | 1,662 | 31.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.6% |
| Leeds 013B | 1,389 | 30.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.3% |
| Leeds 013C | 1,418 | 184.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Leeds 013D | 1,609 | 15.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.3% |
| Leeds 016A | 1,550 | 89.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.0% |
| Leeds 016B | 1,475 | 29.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.1% |
| Leeds 016C | 1,338 | 58.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.3% |
| Leeds 016D | 1,815 | 65.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.0% |
| Leeds 017A | 1,611 | 173.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| Leeds 017B | 1,518 | 69.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 017E | 1,149 | 36.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 017F | 1,875 | 99.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.5% |
| Leeds 019A | 1,673 | 59.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.6% |
| Leeds 019B | 1,578 | 95.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.1% |
| Leeds 019C | 1,557 | 90.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.1% |
| Leeds 019D | 1,710 | 160.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Leeds 033A | 1,599 | 199.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 033E | 1,541 | 161.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.7% |
| Leeds 109A | 2,215 | 48.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.5% |
| Leeds 109B | 1,527 | 80.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 109C | 1,362 | 48.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| Leeds 109G | 1,874 | 45.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.4% |
MPs for LS16
- Katie WhiteLabourMP for Leeds North West52% of LS16’s postcodes
- Alex SobelLabour (Co-op)MP for Leeds Central and Headingley46% of LS16’s postcodes
- Fabian HamiltonLabourMP for Leeds North East1.7% of LS16’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in LS167
Postcode sectors in LS166
Council1
Towns in LS161
Postcode districts next to LS166
Nearest rail stations3
More in the LS postcode area2
LS16 in brief
LS16 is a postcode district covering Leeds, Bramhope and West Park, in Leeds.
About 40,772 people lived in LS16 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £335,000 in 2025 across 610 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 79.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LS16 was £335,000 in 2025.
LS16 had 38,240 usual residents at the census.
About 98% of people in LS16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In LS16, 96.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.