LS18
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Horsforth, Troy and Cragg Hill, 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 LS18 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in LS18 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How LS18 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LS18 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LS18 at a rate of 69.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 121.1 per 1,000 people across the LS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 128 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LS18.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (532), other crime (285) and anti-social behaviour (193).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LS18 was 80.1 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 LS18, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LS18 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in LS18
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds 021A | 1,371 | 24.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.9% |
| Leeds 021B | 2,048 | 30.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 85.7% |
| Leeds 021C | 1,679 | 181.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.4% |
| Leeds 021D | 1,564 | 24.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 027A | 1,651 | 104.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.4% |
| Leeds 027B | 1,607 | 52.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.9% |
| Leeds 027D | 2,677 | 36.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% |
| Leeds 027E | 1,750 | 92.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.8% |
| Leeds 028A | 1,566 | 37.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.8% |
| Leeds 028B | 1,538 | 83.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.3% |
| Leeds 028C | 1,728 | 56.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.7% |
| Leeds 028D | 1,692 | 85.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 028E | 1,810 | 71.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 85.2% |
MPs for LS18
- Katie WhiteLabourMP for Leeds North West100% of LS18’s postcodes
- Alex SobelLabour (Co-op)MP for Leeds Central and Headingley0.4% of LS18’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 LS183
Postcode sectors in LS182
Council1
Towns in LS181
Postcode districts next to LS185
Nearest rail stations4
More in the LS postcode area2
LS18 in brief
LS18 is a postcode district covering Horsforth, Troy and Cragg Hill, in Leeds.
About 22,085 people lived in LS18 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £308,500 in 2025 across 394 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 69.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LS18 was £308,500 in 2025.
LS18 had 21,513 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in LS18 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In LS18, 95.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.