LS26
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Rothwell, Woodlesford and Oulton, 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 LS26 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 92% of people in LS26 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How LS26 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LS26 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LS26 at a rate of 84.3 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 LS26.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,105), other crime (446) and anti-social behaviour (365).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LS26 was 89.0 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 LS26, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LS26 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in LS26
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds 087A | 1,365 | 64.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.2% |
| Leeds 087B | 1,558 | 86.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.7% |
| Leeds 087C | 1,984 | 95.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Leeds 097B | 1,834 | 127.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.8% |
| Leeds 097C | 1,691 | 66.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.4% |
| Leeds 097D | 1,400 | 40.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.4% |
| Leeds 097F | 1,042 | 42.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% |
| Leeds 097G | 1,808 | 54.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.5% |
| Leeds 098A | 1,358 | 214.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% |
| Leeds 098B | 1,228 | 51.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.0% |
| Leeds 098C | 1,308 | 78.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 098D | 1,347 | 75.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.5% |
| Leeds 098E | 1,467 | 120.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.3% |
| Leeds 100A | 1,522 | 36.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.8% |
| Leeds 100B | 2,019 | 82.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Leeds 100C | 1,585 | 97.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.7% |
| Leeds 100D | 1,886 | 105.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.0% |
| Leeds 100E | 1,509 | 108.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.7% |
| Leeds 103C | 2,202 | 50.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.5% |
| Leeds 103D | 1,156 | 61.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 103E | 1,198 | 47.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.0% |
MPs for LS26
- Simon LightwoodLabour (Co-op)MP for Wakefield and Rothwell64% of LS26’s postcodes
- Richard BurgonLabourMP for Leeds East16% of LS26’s postcodes
- Keir MatherLabourMP for Selby15% of LS26’s postcodes
- Mark SewardsLabourMP for Leeds South West and Morley5.1% of LS26’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 LS265
Postcode sectors in LS264
Council1
Towns in LS261
Postcode districts next to LS268
Nearest rail stations3
More in the LS postcode area2
LS26 in brief
LS26 is a postcode district covering Rothwell, Woodlesford and Oulton, in Leeds.
About 31,822 people lived in LS26 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £245,000 in 2025 across 529 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 84.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LS26 was £245,000 in 2025.
LS26 had 31,712 usual residents at the census.
About 92% of people in LS26 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In LS26, 96.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.