LS21
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Otley, Newall and Pool-in-Wharfedale, in Leeds and North Yorkshire.
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 LS21 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 94% of people in LS21 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How LS21 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LS21 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LS21 at a rate of 61.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 121.1 per 1,000 people across the LS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 105 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LS21.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (387), other crime (209) and anti-social behaviour (146).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LS21 was 60.4 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 LS21, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LS21 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 6 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in LS21
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrogate 018D | 1,598 | 53.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 51.8% |
| Leeds 003A | 1,660 | 42.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| Leeds 003B | 1,613 | 91.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.5% |
| Leeds 003C | 1,574 | 36.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| Leeds 003D | 1,682 | 46.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.6% |
| Leeds 004A | 1,731 | 149.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.5% |
| Leeds 004B | 1,609 | 49.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.7% |
| Leeds 004C | 1,776 | 28.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 004D | 1,311 | 37.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.2% |
| Leeds 004E | 1,401 | 156.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 007A | 2,305 | 14.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 18.6% |
MPs for LS21
- Katie WhiteLabourMP for Leeds North West80% of LS21’s postcodes
- Sir Julian SmithConservativeMP for Skipton and Ripon20% of LS21’s postcodes
- Fabian HamiltonLabourMP for Leeds North East0.2% of LS21’s postcodes
- Anna DixonLabourMP for Shipley0.2% of LS21’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 LS212
Postcode sectors in LS214
Councils LS21 covers2
Towns in LS211
Postcode districts next to LS217
Nearest rail stations1
More in the LS postcode area2
LS21 in brief
LS21 is a postcode district covering Otley, Newall and Pool-in-Wharfedale, in Leeds and North Yorkshire.
About 18,585 people lived in LS21 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £306,250 in 2025 across 256 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 61.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LS21 was £306,250 in 2025.
LS21 had 18,640 usual residents at the census.
About 94% of people in LS21 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In LS21, 84.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.