LS6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Leeds, Headingley and Meanwood, 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 LS6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in LS6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How LS6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LS6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LS6 at a rate of 80.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 121.1 per 1,000 people across the LS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 313 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LS6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,468), other crime (854) and vehicle crime (459).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LS6 was 81.6 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 LS6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LS6 has no single figure. Of its 28 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in LS6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds 031A | 2,238 | 42.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.5% |
| Leeds 031C | 1,611 | 48.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.1% |
| Leeds 031D | 1,500 | 149.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Leeds 033B | 1,628 | 81.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.5% |
| Leeds 038D | 1,301 | 92.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 044A | 1,825 | 96.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 044D | 1,685 | 191.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 044E | 1,959 | 101.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 044G | 1,738 | 87.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 044H | 1,302 | 58.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 045D | 1,765 | 87.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 054A | 1,790 | 61.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.8% |
| Leeds 054B | 1,755 | 53.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 054C | 1,428 | 78.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 054D | 1,679 | 107.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Leeds 054E | 1,480 | 112.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Leeds 055A | 2,614 | 83.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.7% |
| Leeds 055I | 2,288 | 113.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.5% |
| Leeds 109D | 1,502 | 48.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 109E | 1,513 | 82.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 109F | 1,855 | 54.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| Leeds 110A | 1,874 | 45.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.6% |
| Leeds 110B | 1,881 | 67.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 110C | 1,992 | 97.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 110D | 1,553 | 95.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.9% |
| Leeds 110E | 1,705 | 78.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| Leeds 110F | 1,481 | 132.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.1% |
| Leeds 110G | 3,146 | 30.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.6% |
MPs for LS6
- Alex SobelLabour (Co-op)MP for Leeds Central and Headingley83% of LS6’s postcodes
- Fabian HamiltonLabourMP for Leeds North East17% of LS6’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 LS64
Postcode sectors in LS65
Council1
Towns in LS61
Postcode districts next to LS67
Nearest rail stations4
More in the LS postcode area2
LS6 in brief
LS6 is a postcode district covering Leeds, Headingley and Meanwood, in Leeds.
About 51,228 people lived in LS6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £278,000 in 2025 across 356 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 80.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LS6 was £278,000 in 2025.
LS6 had 49,999 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in LS6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In LS6, 97.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.