LS7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Leeds, Chapel Allerton and Potternewton, 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 LS7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in LS7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How LS7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LS7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LS7 at a rate of 123.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 121.1 per 1,000 people across the LS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 360 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LS7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,496), other crime (726) and shoplifting (426).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LS7 was 112.2 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 LS7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LS7 has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- 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 LS7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds 025C | 1,656 | 20.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 031B | 1,518 | 62.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.5% |
| Leeds 034A | 1,538 | 201.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Leeds 034B | 1,714 | 45.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.4% |
| Leeds 034C | 1,849 | 197.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.4% |
| Leeds 034D | 1,934 | 40.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.1% |
| Leeds 038A | 1,574 | 231.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Leeds 038B | 1,490 | 79.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.4% |
| Leeds 038C | 2,056 | 87.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Leeds 042A | 2,017 | 135.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.6% |
| Leeds 042B | 1,551 | 103.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Leeds 042D | 2,232 | 114.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Leeds 042E | 2,863 | 171.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Leeds 055B | 1,687 | 118.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.0% |
| Leeds 055F | 2,179 | 144.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.5% |
| Leeds 055G | 2,293 | 69.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.6% |
MPs for LS7
- Fabian HamiltonLabourMP for Leeds North East82% of LS7’s postcodes
- Alex SobelLabour (Co-op)MP for Leeds Central and Headingley17% of LS7’s postcodes
- Richard BurgonLabourMP for Leeds East0.4% of LS7’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 LS74
Postcode sectors in LS75
Council1
Towns in LS71
Postcode districts next to LS75
Nearest rail stations4
More in the LS postcode area2
LS7 in brief
LS7 is a postcode district covering Leeds, Chapel Allerton and Potternewton, in Leeds.
About 31,644 people lived in LS7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £280,000 in 2025 across 324 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 123.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LS7 was £280,000 in 2025.
LS7 had 30,165 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in LS7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In LS7, 98.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.