LS8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Leeds, Harehills Corner and Lidgett Park, 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 LS8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 90% of people in LS8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How LS8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LS8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LS8 at a rate of 122.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 121.1 per 1,000 people across the LS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 582 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LS8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,758), other crime (1,247) and anti-social behaviour (503).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LS8 was 131.3 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 LS8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LS8 has no single figure. Of its 32 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 11 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 6 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 LS8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds 020A | 1,522 | 80.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.1% |
| Leeds 020C | 1,376 | 69.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.1% |
| Leeds 020D | 1,478 | 97.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.4% |
| Leeds 024A | 1,433 | 20.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Leeds 024B | 1,716 | 60.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 024C | 1,398 | 47.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.2% |
| Leeds 024D | 1,473 | 44.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 032A | 1,564 | 122.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| Leeds 032B | 1,612 | 81.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.8% |
| Leeds 032C | 1,383 | 59.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| Leeds 032D | 1,510 | 106.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.4% |
| Leeds 037A | 1,520 | 66.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| Leeds 037B | 1,339 | 109.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.1% |
| Leeds 037C | 1,801 | 89.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.9% |
| Leeds 037D | 1,880 | 101.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 037E | 1,859 | 67.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 040A | 1,526 | 214.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 040B | 1,552 | 74.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 042C | 1,895 | 90.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.8% |
| Leeds 047A | 1,735 | 112.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 047B | 1,938 | 76.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 047C | 2,045 | 141.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Leeds 047D | 2,097 | 162.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.0% |
| Leeds 048A | 1,616 | 187.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.0% |
| Leeds 048B | 1,698 | 107.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 048C | 2,138 | 198.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.7% |
| Leeds 048D | 2,059 | 127.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.7% |
| Leeds 053A | 1,732 | 157.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Leeds 053B | 1,736 | 158.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 053D | 1,805 | 177.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Leeds 064B | 1,862 | 199.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 064D | 1,624 | 195.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
MPs for LS8
- Fabian HamiltonLabourMP for Leeds North East56% of LS8’s postcodes
- Richard BurgonLabourMP for Leeds East44% of LS8’s postcodes
- Alex SobelLabour (Co-op)MP for Leeds Central and Headingley0.4% of LS8’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 LS87
Postcode sectors in LS86
Council1
Towns in LS81
Postcode districts next to LS85
Nearest rail stations3
More in the LS postcode area2
LS8 in brief
LS8 is a postcode district covering Leeds, Harehills Corner and Lidgett Park, in Leeds.
About 54,530 people lived in LS8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £270,000 in 2025 across 471 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 122.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LS8 was £270,000 in 2025.
LS8 had 52,516 usual residents at the census.
About 90% of people in LS8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In LS8, 98.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.