Leeds property guide

West Yorkshire's commercial centre and one of the North's most active housing markets.

This guide brings together the latest property, schools and crime data for Leeds, West Yorkshire. Figures cover the 12 months to the end of June 2026 and are sourced from HM Land Registry, Police.uk and the DfE schools register. Direct trains reach London King's Cross in about 2 hours 15 minutes.

Median sale price (12m)

£230,000

Sales registered (12m)

4,868

Open schools

455

About Leeds

Leeds runs from tight terraces in Armley and Beeston to family suburbs in Roundhay, Horsforth and Alwoodley. The city centre and South Bank hold a growing flat market.

The city hosts the largest legal and financial centre in England outside London, two big universities and a major teaching hospital.

House prices in Leeds

The median sale price in Leeds over the last 12 months was £230,000, across 4,868 recorded transactions. That is 0.9% higher than the previous 12 months.

Semi-detached homes were the most-traded type in Leeds, accounting for 1,790 of the period's sales at a median of £255,000.

Median price by property type, last 12 months

Type	Median price	Sales
Detached	£410,000	637
Semi-detached	£255,000	1,790
Terraced	£185,000	1,631
Flat	£148,000	729
Other	£258,000	81

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Schools in Leeds

Leeds has 455 open schools recorded in the DfE register, including 315 primary, 59 secondary and 54 with a sixth form or 16-plus provision.

Nearest secondary schools to Leeds centre

School	Postcode	Distance
Rodillian Academy	WF3 3PS	1.1 km
Oulton Academy	LS26 8EX	2 km
Cockburn Laurence Calvert Academy	LS10 4AX	3 km
Outwood Grange Academy	WF1 2PF	3.6 km
Cockburn John Charles Academy	LS10 2JU	4.4 km

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Crime in Leeds

In Leeds, the largest reported categories over the last 12 months were violence and sexual offences (36.1%), anti-social behaviour (10.2%) and public order (9.3%).

Largest reported categories, last 12 months

Category	Share
Violence and sexual offences	36.1%
Anti-social behaviour	10.2%
Public order	9.3%
Criminal damage and arson	8.5%
Other theft	7.6%

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Postcode districts in Leeds

Reported incident counts vary across postcode districts within the Leeds boundary, partly reflecting where Police.uk anonymises locations and partly reflecting genuine differences in foot traffic and population density.

Postcode district	Reports (12m)
LS11	124,377
LS12	124,377
LS13	124,377
LS14	124,377
LS15	124,377

Living near Leeds

Nearby towns include Bradford, Huddersfield, Wakefield, Halifax and Keighley.

Bradford
Huddersfield
Wakefield
Halifax
Keighley

Other places in West Yorkshire

Bradford

Frequently asked questions about Leeds

The median sale price in Leeds over the last 12 months was £230,000, based on HM Land Registry data.

There are 455 open schools listed in the DfE register within the Leeds area, covering primary, secondary and sixth-form provision.

According to Police.uk, the most-reported category in Leeds over the last 12 months was violence and sexual offences, out of around 124,377 recorded incidents.

Sale prices come from HM Land Registry, crime statistics from the Police.uk open-data feed, schools data from the Department for Education, flood data from the Environment Agency, and energy ratings from the EPC public register.

The figures refresh monthly as new data is published by each source.

More Leeds property data

Leeds sold prices

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Crime in Leeds

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Schools in Leeds

Primary, secondary and sixth-form

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