LS23 postcode area guide — Leeds
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the LS23 postcode district in Leeds — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in LS23
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
89.5%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
80.5%
Gigabit-capable
80.5%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.4%
Broadband availability in the LS23 postcode district (Leeds) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 356 postcodes Ofcom measures in LS23, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 89.5% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 80.5%.
Around 0.4% of premises in LS23 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in LS23
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| LS23 6AA | 100% | 100% |
| LS23 6AD | 54.1% | 54.1% |
| LS23 6AG | 100% | 100% |
| LS23 6AH | 100% | 100% |
| LS23 6AJ | 100% | 100% |
| LS23 6AL | 100% | 68% |
| LS23 6AN | 100% | 0% |
| LS23 6AP | 100% | 100% |
| LS23 6AQ | 100% | 85.7% |
| LS23 6AR | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Leeds
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Leeds district (394,701 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
96.8%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
86.1%
Voice indoors — all networks
97.6%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in LS23
Police recorded 31 incidents within about a mile of the centre of LS23 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 15 | 48.4% |
| Other theft | 4 | 12.9% |
| Public order | 4 | 12.9% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 3 | 9.7% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 2 | 6.5% |
| Other crime | 2 | 6.5% |
| Burglary | 1 | 3.2% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in LS23
Based on 115 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in LS23 is £425,000, up 17.2% on the previous year (£362,500).
Detached
£580,000
56 sales
Semi-detached
£325,000
23 sales
Terraced
£291,000
23 sales
Flat / maisonette
£226,800
7 sales
Latest recorded sales in LS23
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 May 2026 | £375,000 | Detached | Moor Side | LS23 6PD |
| 15 May 2026 | £425,000 | Detached | Beeches End | LS23 6HL |
| 14 May 2026 | £209,000 | Flat | Clifford Court | LS23 6HW |
| 8 May 2026 | £235,000 | Terraced | High Street | LS23 6AJ |
| 5 May 2026 | £1,250,000 | Detached | Oxclose Road | LS23 6FA |
| 1 May 2026 | £401,000 | Terraced | High Street | LS23 6EA |
| 1 May 2026 | £480,000 | Detached | Chapel Lane | LS23 6HU |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £365,000 | Detached | Back Lane | LS23 6QR |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £352,500 | Semi-detached | Rudgate Park | LS23 7EJ |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £170,000 | Semi-detached | West End | LS23 6EN |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Leeds demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Leeds district (811,953 residents, 341,466 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18.9% |
| 15–29 | 28.9% |
| 30–44 | 19.4% |
| 45–64 | 17.2% |
| 65+ | 15.6% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 57% |
| Private rented | 22% |
| Social rented | 5.3% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around LS23
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Spa Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,498 | LS23 6RW |
| St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Boston Spa | Primary | 4–11 | 197 | LS23 6DX |
| Bramham Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 184 | LS23 6JQ |
| Primrose Lane Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 165 | LS23 6DX |
| St Mary's Church of England Controlled Primary School Boston Spa | Primary | 4–11 | 134 | LS23 6DB |
| Lady Elizabeth Hastings' CofE VA Primary School, Thorp Arch | Primary | 4–11 | 98 | LS23 7AQ |
| St John's Catholic Specialist School, Boston Spa | Not applicable | 3–19 | 89 | LS23 6DF |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in LS23
65 rated food businesses operate in LS23. 48 hold the top rating of 5, 8 are rated 4, and 1 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Amor, Bax Botanics, Bayford And Co, Boston Spa Methodist Church, Boston Spa Pizza.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in LS23
From a sample of 90 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 LS23 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 30% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band A
1%
Band B
9%
Band C
20%
Band D
39%
Band E
23%
Band F
7%
Band G
1%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Leeds
Landlines around LS23 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.