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Adel (LS16) or Horsforth (LS18): an area comparison

Horsforth has the lower recorded-sale median by £25,000. The cards below show how the two areas compare on prices, schools, green space, local profile and transport.

The short answer

Which has the lower district median?

Adel: £325,000. Horsforth: £300,000.

Horsforth is lower in this 24-month sample.

Which has the broader school register?

Adel: 13. Horsforth: 8 open establishments.

This is the size of each district's registered school base.

How does everyday access compare?

Bus nodes: LS16 204, LS18 137. mapped green-space sites: LS16 69, LS18 28.

These counts show the scale of each district's transport and outdoor offer.

The broad price gap is £25,000 across the 24-month samples. That gives Horsforth the lower starting point, while the remaining sections show where the two district profiles differ.

Adel has 13 registered schools, 69 mapped green-space sites and 204 bus nodes. Horsforth has 8, 28 and 137 respectively.

District prices

LS16 recorded 953 completed sales in the 24-month sample. The median was £325,000. The £359,140 average is higher because a small number of expensive sales can lift it.

LS18 recorded 644 completed sales in the 24-month sample. The median was £300,000. The £345,757 average is higher because a small number of expensive sales can lift it.

LS16

Median recorded sale
£325,000
Average recorded sale
£359,140
Recorded sales
953 (24 months)
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. local 2025-2026 bulk snapshot. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
How this was counted

Postcode district. non-deleted recorded sales in preceding 24 months.

LS18

Median recorded sale
£300,000
Average recorded sale
£345,757
Recorded sales
644 (24 months)
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. local 2025-2026 bulk snapshot. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
How this was counted

Postcode district. non-deleted recorded sales in preceding 24 months.

Crime and serious-crime share

Police.uk records 3,288 reports from 2025-07 to 2026-06. Violence and sexual offences, robbery, burglary and weapons-possession reports account for 1,714, or 52.1% of the total.

Police.uk records 1,598 reports from 2025-07 to 2026-06. Violence and sexual offences, robbery, burglary and weapons-possession reports account for 704, or 44.1% of the total.

LS16

Reported crime, 12 months
3,288
Selected report-category share
1,714 (52.1%)
data.police.uk street-level crime custom download. 2025-07 to 2026-06; seven verified programme forces. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. Police.uk anonymised coordinates assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid; selected-category share is not an official severity rate.

LS18

Reported crime, 12 months
1,598
Selected report-category share
704 (44.1%)
data.police.uk street-level crime custom download. 2025-07 to 2026-06; seven verified programme forces. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. Police.uk anonymised coordinates assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid; selected-category share is not an official severity rate.

Local-area deprivation context

IMD is a Government local-area scale from 1 to 10: 1 is the poorer end, while 10 is the more well-off end. LS16 has a median of 8.0. 39.5% of mapped postcode units are in the poorer 1 to 3 band and 52.5% are in the more well-off 8 to 10 band.

IMD is a Government local-area scale from 1 to 10: 1 is the poorer end, while 10 is the more well-off end. LS18 has a median of 8.0. 16.5% of mapped postcode units are in the poorer 1 to 3 band and 57.5% are in the more well-off 8 to 10 band.

LS16

Median IMD decile
8.0 / 10
Postcode units in deciles 1–3
39.5%
Postcode units in deciles 8–10
52.5%
MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation postcode download. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. distribution of official IMD25 postcode assignments; England only.

LS18

Median IMD decile
8.0 / 10
Postcode units in deciles 1–3
16.5%
Postcode units in deciles 8–10
57.5%
MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation postcode download. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. distribution of official IMD25 postcode assignments; England only.

Schools

The register lists 13 open establishments in LS16. It is a useful picture of the local school base, across the phases shown in the card below.

The register lists 8 open establishments in LS18. It is a useful picture of the local school base, across the phases shown in the card below.

LS16

Registered school sites
13 (Primary: 10, Secondary: 3)
DfE Get Information about Schools establishment register. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. open GIAS establishments grouped by registered postcode district.

LS18

Registered school sites
8 (Primary: 7, Secondary: 1)
DfE Get Information about Schools establishment register. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. open GIAS establishments grouped by registered postcode district.

Green space and outdoor sport

OS maps 69 green-space or outdoor-sport sites covering 342.26 hectares, including 8 public parks or gardens. This gives the district a substantial mapped outdoor offer.

OS maps 28 green-space or outdoor-sport sites covering 90.38 hectares, including 2 public parks or gardens. This gives the district a substantial mapped outdoor offer.

LS16

Mapped OS green-space sites
69
Mapped site area
342.26 ha
Public parks or gardens
8
OS Open Greenspace. April 2026 programme-city tile manifest. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. OS Open Greenspace April 2026 site polygon geometric centroid assigned to nearest Code-Point Open postcode centroid.

LS18

Mapped OS green-space sites
28
Mapped site area
90.38 ha
Public parks or gardens
2
OS Open Greenspace. April 2026 programme-city tile manifest. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. OS Open Greenspace April 2026 site polygon geometric centroid assigned to nearest Code-Point Open postcode centroid.

Flood context

The source covers 1,083 postcode units. 180 have high-risk surrounding addresses and 179 have medium-risk surroundings.

The source covers 526 postcode units. 88 have high-risk surrounding addresses and 104 have medium-risk surroundings.

LS16

Postcode units in source
1,083
Units with high-risk surroundings
180
Units with medium-risk surroundings
179
Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data. 2026-07-10. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. sum of Environment Agency postcode source counts by outward postcode; counts concern areas around addresses, not a named property.

LS18

Postcode units in source
526
Units with high-risk surroundings
88
Units with medium-risk surroundings
104
Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data. 2026-07-10. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. sum of Environment Agency postcode source counts by outward postcode; counts concern areas around addresses, not a named property.

Air quality

The 2024 modelled annual-mean NO₂ median is 9.9 µg/m³. 43.8% of mapped units exceed the WHO 10 µg/m³ guideline and 0.0% meet or exceed 40 µg/m³.

The 2024 modelled annual-mean NO₂ median is 11.0 µg/m³. 88.3% of mapped units exceed the WHO 10 µg/m³ guideline and 0.0% meet or exceed 40 µg/m³.

LS16

Median annual mean NO₂
9.9 µg/m³
Postcode units above WHO 10 µg/m³
43.8%
Postcode units at or above legal 40 µg/m³
0.0%
DEFRA Pollution Climate Mapping annual-mean NO2 grid. 2024. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. DEFRA PCM 2024 1 km modelled annual-mean NO2 looked up at each Code-Point Open postcode centroid; postcode-unit weighted district summary.

LS18

Median annual mean NO₂
11.0 µg/m³
Postcode units above WHO 10 µg/m³
88.3%
Postcode units at or above legal 40 µg/m³
0.0%
DEFRA Pollution Climate Mapping annual-mean NO2 grid. 2024. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. DEFRA PCM 2024 1 km modelled annual-mean NO2 looked up at each Code-Point Open postcode centroid; postcode-unit weighted district summary.

Transport access nodes

NaPTAN contains 204 active bus nodes and 4 rail, metro or tram nodes across LS16. Together, they describe the district-wide public-transport network.

NaPTAN contains 137 active bus nodes and 0 rail, metro or tram nodes across LS18. Together, they describe the district-wide public-transport network.

LS16

Active bus access nodes
204
Active rail, metro or tram nodes
4
NaPTAN. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. active NaPTAN access node assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.

LS18

Active bus access nodes
137
Active rail, metro or tram nodes
0
NaPTAN. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. active NaPTAN access node assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.

Broadband availability

The postcode-unit median maximum advertised download is 1,000 Mbit/s, with 100.0% full-fibre and 100.0% gigabit availability.

The postcode-unit median maximum advertised download is 1,000 Mbit/s, with 100.0% full-fibre and 100.0% gigabit availability.

LS16

Median maximum advertised download
1,000 Mbit/s
Median full-fibre availability
100.0%
Median gigabit availability
100.0%
Ofcom Connected Nations. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. median across postcode units.

LS18

Median maximum advertised download
1,000 Mbit/s
Median full-fibre availability
100.0%
Median gigabit availability
100.0%
Ofcom Connected Nations. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. median across postcode units.

Road safety

DfT records 147 personal-injury collisions in 2022 to 24: 2 fatal, 45 serious and 100 slight.

DfT records 76 personal-injury collisions in 2022 to 24: 2 fatal, 21 serious and 53 slight.

LS16

Reported collisions, 2022–24 (raw count)
147
Fatal
2
Serious
45
Slight
100
DfT STATS19 Road Safety Data. 2022-2024 collision files. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. 2022–24 STATS19 collision assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.

LS18

Reported collisions, 2022–24 (raw count)
76
Fatal
2
Serious
21
Slight
53
DfT STATS19 Road Safety Data. 2022-2024 collision files. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. 2022–24 STATS19 collision assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.

Sources and method

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