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LS8 5AR

Gipton & Harehills · Leeds · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Gipton & Harehills
Local authority
Leeds
Constituency
Leeds East
Postcode district
LS8
Postcode sector
LS8 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LS8 5PD 46 m
LS8 5AA 48 m
LS8 4AY 66 m
LS8 5PE 67 m
LS8 5HR 69 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LS8 5AR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2019
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LS
Postcode district
LS8
Postcode sector
LS8 5
Latitude
53.816123
Longitude
-1.517524
British National Grid easting
431,864
British National Grid northing
435,644

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Leeds · E08000035
Electoral ward
Gipton & Harehills · E05011394
Parish or community
E43000294
Westminster constituency
Leeds East · E14001320
Output area
E00057577
Lower layer super output area
Leeds 048A · E01011422
Middle layer super output area
Leeds 048 · E02002377

Postcode source versions

Explore LS8

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
122
Primary
82
Secondary
14

  1. Bankside Primary School

    Foundation school

    346 m

  2. Harehills Primary School

    Community school

    526 m

  3. Hovingham Primary School

    Academy converter

    549 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
9,331
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4,146
  • Public order 674
  • Criminal damage and arson 664
  • Other theft 633
  • Vehicle crime 588

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
LS8 5 residents
8,565

Age bands in LS8 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
27%
2,413 residents
Age 15 to 24
16.1%
1,435 residents
Age 25 to 44
32.9%
2,932 residents
Age 45 to 64
18.4%
1,642 residents
Age 65 and over
5.6%
502 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

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

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

40

within 5 km straight-line

  • HAREHILLS CORNER SURGERY

    209 ROUNDHAY ROAD, LEEDS, LS8 4HQ

    ODS code B86061

    97 m

  • THE ROUNDHAY ROAD SURGERY

    171-173 ROUNDHAY ROAD, LEEDS, LS8 5AN

    ODS code B86643

    322 m

  • CONWAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    51-53 CONWAY PLACE, LEEDS, LS8 5DE

    ODS code B86103

    616 m

  • CHAPELTOWN FAMILY SURGERY

    SPENCER PLACE, LEEDS, LS7 4BB

    ODS code B86108

    773 m

  • BELLBROOKE SURGERY

    BELLBROOKE AVENUE, HAREHILLS, LEEDS, LS9 6AU

    ODS code B86081

    1.1 km

  • ST MARTINS PRACTICE

    ST. MARTINS SURGERY, 210 CHAPELTOWN ROAD, LEEDS, LS7 4HZ

    ODS code B86100

    1.2 km

  • NEWTON SURGERY

    305 CHAPELTOWN ROAD, LEEDS, LS7 3JT

    ODS code B86666

    1.2 km

  • OAKWOOD LANE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 AMBERTON TERRACE, LEEDS, LS8 3BZ

    ODS code B86022

    1.6 km

  • ALLERTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    6 MONTREAL AVENUE, LEEDS, LS7 4LF

    ODS code B86039

    1.6 km

  • LINCOLN GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE

    BURMANTOFTS HEALTH CENTRE, CROMWELL MOUNT, LEEDS, LS9 7TA

    ODS code B86675

    1.6 km

  • SHAKESPEARE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    BURMANTOFTS HEALTH CENTRE, CROMWELL MOUNT, LEEDS, LS9 7TA

    ODS code Y02494

    1.6 km

  • CRAVEN ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    60 CRAVEN ROAD, LEEDS, LS6 2RX

    ODS code B86017

    2.0 km

  • WOODHOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CAMBRIDGE ROAD, LEEDS, LS6 2SF

    ODS code B86049

    2.0 km

  • SHAFTESBURY MEDICAL CTR.

    78 OSMONDTHORPE LANE, LEEDS, LS9 9EF

    ODS code B86016

    2.2 km

  • THE GARDEN SURGERY

    78A OSMONDTHORPE LANE, LEEDS, LS9 9EF

    ODS code B86054

    2.2 km

  • DIAMOND MEDICAL GROUP

    RUTLAND LODGE, SCOTT HALL ROAD, LEEDS, LS7 3RA

    ODS code B86019

    2.3 km

  • LEEDS STUDENT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    4 BLENHEIM COURT, LEEDS, LS2 9AE

    ODS code B86110

    2.3 km

  • YORK STREET HEALTH PRACTICE

    68 YORK STREET, LEEDS, LS9 8AA

    ODS code B86669

    2.4 km

  • PARK EDGE PRACTICE

    ASKET DRIVE, LEEDS, LS14 1HX

    ODS code B86093

    2.5 km

  • EAST PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    5-7 EAST PARK ROAD, LEEDS, LS9 9JD

    ODS code B86043

    2.6 km

Showing 20 of 40 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Harehills Nice View

    BCT · Harehills

    32 m

  • Harehills Nice View

    BCT · Harehills

    58 m

  • Fforde Grene Jct

    BCT · Harehills

    129 m

  • Fforde Grene Junction D

    BCT · Harehills

    194 m

  • Lascelles Terrace

    BCT · Harehills

    200 m

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Leeds 048A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

1 of 10

Overall England rank

2,401 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
1 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

122 open schools are in scope, including 82 primary and 14 secondary schools. Bankside Primary School is the nearest published school at 346 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

9,331 published events cover 12 months, averaging 778 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,146 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.