LS9
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Leeds, Harehills and Osmondthorpe, 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 LS9 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 99% of people in LS9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How LS9 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LS9 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LS9 at a rate of 167.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 121.1 per 1,000 people across the LS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 625 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LS9.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (3,220), other crime (1,445) and criminal damage and arson (593).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LS9 was 181.0 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 LS9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LS9 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 13 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in LS9
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds 053C | 1,927 | 268.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Leeds 060A | 2,115 | 128.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 060B | 1,816 | 133.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 060C | 1,878 | 312.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 060D | 1,892 | 158.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.6% |
| Leeds 064A | 2,029 | 102.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 064E | 1,608 | 313.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.7% |
| Leeds 064F | 1,817 | 425.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.0% |
| Leeds 065A | 2,057 | 215.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Leeds 065B | 1,975 | 165.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Leeds 065C | 1,796 | 191.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Leeds 065D | 1,819 | 164.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 070A | 1,581 | 95.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Leeds 070B | 1,641 | 90.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Leeds 070C | 1,660 | 110.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 070D | 1,567 | 187.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.7% |
| Leeds 072C | 1,742 | 235.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Leeds 075B | 1,701 | 143.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| Leeds 075C | 1,724 | 174.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Leeds 075D | 2,399 | 128.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 84.5% |
| Leeds 075E | 2,067 | 132.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Leeds 075F | 1,617 | 66.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.6% |
| Leeds 075G | 1,480 | 119.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.0% |
MPs for LS9
- Hilary BennLabourMP for Leeds South78% of LS9’s postcodes
- Richard BurgonLabourMP for Leeds East19% of LS9’s postcodes
- Alex SobelLabour (Co-op)MP for Leeds Central and Headingley2.5% of LS9’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 LS95
Postcode sectors in LS96
Council1
Towns in LS91
Postcode districts next to LS97
Nearest rail stations4
More in the LS postcode area2
LS9 in brief
LS9 is a postcode district covering Leeds, Harehills and Osmondthorpe, in Leeds.
About 45,739 people lived in LS9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £165,000 in 2025 across 344 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 167.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LS9 was £165,000 in 2025.
LS9 had 42,615 usual residents at the census.
About 99% of people in LS9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In LS9, 97.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.