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LS27

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Morley and Birks, 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 LS27 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 94% of people in LS27 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£232,000
Joint 625th cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
38,533
505th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
94%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How LS27 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

LS27Middle
Median sale price29 postcode districts, LS · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in LS29 areas from £150,000 to £434,995. The middle area is £255,000. LS27 is £232,000.
£232,00010th cheapest
Population30 postcode districts, LS · 2021
Population: every postcode district in LS30 areas from 313 to 52,516. The middle area is 32,152. LS27 is 38,533.
38,53311th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares30 postcode districts, LS · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in LS30 areas from 46.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. LS27 is 94.0%.
94%joint 6th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage30 postcode districts, LS · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in LS30 areas from 75.5% to 99.4%. The middle area is 96.5%. LS27 is 98.9%.
98.9%4th highest

Is LS27 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LS27 at a rate of 127.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 121.1 per 1,000 people across the LS postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 405 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LS27.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,747), shoplifting (902) and other crime (895).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LS27 was 124.2 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 LS27, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LS27 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in LS27

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Leeds 093A2,29493.4 per 1,000799.6%
Leeds 093B1,21683.3 per 1,000899.7%
Leeds 093C1,26726.9 per 1,0001099.8%
Leeds 093D1,670430.4 per 1,000999.6%
Leeds 095A1,51569.0 per 1,0004100.0%
Leeds 095B1,37071.1 per 1,000999.0%
Leeds 095C1,55140.2 per 1,0007100.0%
Leeds 095D1,59963.4 per 1,000999.4%
Leeds 095E1,602105.4 per 1,0003100.0%
Leeds 096A1,49748.6 per 1,000899.1%
Leeds 096C1,893169.2 per 1,000599.7%
Leeds 102B2,016126.2 per 1,000399.2%
Leeds 102F2,113113.2 per 1,000699.6%
Leeds 102G1,39653.7 per 1,0009100.0%
Leeds 102H1,19551.0 per 1,00010100.0%
Leeds 102I2,104129.6 per 1,000397.5%
Leeds 104A1,387122.1 per 1,000496.8%
Leeds 104B2,036406.9 per 1,000496.7%
Leeds 104C1,35988.9 per 1,0006100.0%
Leeds 104D1,992144.4 per 1,000499.2%
Leeds 106A1,367120.2 per 1,000795.5%
Leeds 106B2,35858.9 per 1,000999.9%
Leeds 106C1,723166.0 per 1,000597.1%

MPs for LS27

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 LS275

Postcode sectors in LS275

Council1

Towns in LS271

Postcode districts next to LS278

Nearest rail stations3

More in the LS postcode area2

LS27 in brief

LS27 is a postcode district covering Morley and Birks, in Leeds.

About 39,551 people lived in LS27 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £232,000 in 2025 across 620 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 127.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in LS27 was £232,000 in 2025.

LS27 had 38,533 usual residents at the census.

About 94% of people in LS27 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In LS27, 98.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.