Property market
The five-year median is £232,325 from 2,502 recorded sales in LS26. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Leeds is £249,394 in June 2026, up 5.9% year on year.
LS26
UK postcode district
Part of Leeds
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,059
- Current units
- 799
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 5
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 260
Postcode sectors in LS26
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
16,989 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 9, Swithens Street, Rothwell, Leeds, LS26 0BU | 23 July 2026 | £148,000 |
| 14, Churchfield Croft, Rothwell, Leeds, LS26 0RX | 17 July 2026 | £349,500 |
| 14, Leventhorpe Way, Oulton, Leeds, LS26 8NH | 16 July 2026 | £235,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 11
- Primary
- 10
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 2,762
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,223
- Anti social behaviour 296
- Criminal damage and arson 264
- Public order 224
- Burglary 164
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- LS26 usual residents
- 31,354
- Age-profile population
- 31,710
Age bands in LS26
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 17.4%
- 5,508 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.4%
- 2,984 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.5%
- 8,087 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.3%
- 8,662 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 20.4%
- 6,469 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 779 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 749 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 698 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 1 postcode unit had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
2
in this district
HEALTH CARE FIRST PARTNERSHIP
PINFOLD SURGERY, PINFOLD LANE, MICKLETOWN METHLEY, LEEDS, LS26 9AA
ODS code B87030
OULTON MEDICAL CENTRE
QUARRY HILL, OULTON, LEEDS, LS26 8SZ
ODS code B86006
Evidence in context
Schools
11 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,762 published events cover 12 months, averaging 230 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,223 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.