Property Diligence

Chapel Allerton (LS7) or Roundhay (LS8): an area comparison

Roundhay has the lower recorded-sale median by £34,500. 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?

Chapel Allerton: £275,500. Roundhay: £241,000.

Roundhay is lower in this 24-month sample.

Which has the broader school register?

Chapel Allerton: 8. Roundhay: 10 open establishments.

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

How does everyday access compare?

Bus nodes: LS7 113, LS8 142. mapped green-space sites: LS7 45, LS8 56.

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

The broad price gap is £34,500 across the 24-month samples. That gives Roundhay the lower starting point, while the remaining sections show where the two district profiles differ.

Chapel Allerton has 8 registered schools, 45 mapped green-space sites and 113 bus nodes. Roundhay has 10, 56 and 142 respectively.

District prices

LS7 recorded 540 completed sales in the 24-month sample. The median was £275,500. The £327,747 average is higher because a small number of expensive sales can lift it.

LS8 recorded 827 completed sales in the 24-month sample. The median was £241,000. The £302,721 average is higher because a small number of expensive sales can lift it.

LS7

Median recorded sale
£275,500
Average recorded sale
£327,747
Recorded sales
540 (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.

LS8

Median recorded sale
£241,000
Average recorded sale
£302,721
Recorded sales
827 (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 4,072 reports from 2025-07 to 2026-06. Violence and sexual offences, robbery, burglary and weapons-possession reports account for 1,910, or 46.9% of the total.

Police.uk records 6,213 reports from 2025-07 to 2026-06. Violence and sexual offences, robbery, burglary and weapons-possession reports account for 3,217, or 51.8% of the total.

LS7

Reported crime, 12 months
4,072
Selected report-category share
1,910 (46.9%)
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.

LS8

Reported crime, 12 months
6,213
Selected report-category share
3,217 (51.8%)
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. LS7 has a median of 3.0. 58.4% of mapped postcode units are in the poorer 1 to 3 band and 13.4% 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. LS8 has a median of 3.0. 62.0% of mapped postcode units are in the poorer 1 to 3 band and 22.8% are in the more well-off 8 to 10 band.

LS7

Median IMD decile
3.0 / 10
Postcode units in deciles 1–3
58.4%
Postcode units in deciles 8–10
13.4%
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.

LS8

Median IMD decile
3.0 / 10
Postcode units in deciles 1–3
62.0%
Postcode units in deciles 8–10
22.8%
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 8 open establishments in LS7. It is a useful picture of the local school base, across the phases shown in the card below.

The register lists 10 open establishments in LS8. It is a useful picture of the local school base, across the phases shown in the card below.

LS7

Registered school sites
8 (All-through: 1, Primary: 7)
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.

LS8

Registered school sites
10 (All-through: 1, Primary: 9)
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 45 green-space or outdoor-sport sites covering 61.79 hectares, including 7 public parks or gardens. This gives the district a substantial mapped outdoor offer.

OS maps 56 green-space or outdoor-sport sites covering 181.71 hectares, including 11 public parks or gardens. This gives the district a substantial mapped outdoor offer.

LS7

Mapped OS green-space sites
45
Mapped site area
61.79 ha
Public parks or gardens
7
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.

LS8

Mapped OS green-space sites
56
Mapped site area
181.71 ha
Public parks or gardens
11
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 671 postcode units. 117 have high-risk surrounding addresses and 113 have medium-risk surroundings.

The source covers 931 postcode units. 170 have high-risk surrounding addresses and 185 have medium-risk surroundings.

LS7

Postcode units in source
671
Units with high-risk surroundings
117
Units with medium-risk surroundings
113
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.

LS8

Postcode units in source
931
Units with high-risk surroundings
170
Units with medium-risk surroundings
185
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 13.6 µg/m³. 100.0% 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 13.0 µg/m³. 99.6% of mapped units exceed the WHO 10 µg/m³ guideline and 0.0% meet or exceed 40 µg/m³.

LS7

Median annual mean NO₂
13.6 µg/m³
Postcode units above WHO 10 µg/m³
100.0%
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.

LS8

Median annual mean NO₂
13.0 µg/m³
Postcode units above WHO 10 µg/m³
99.6%
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 113 active bus nodes and 0 rail, metro or tram nodes across LS7. Together, they describe the district-wide public-transport network.

NaPTAN contains 142 active bus nodes and 0 rail, metro or tram nodes across LS8. Together, they describe the district-wide public-transport network.

LS7

Active bus access nodes
113
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.

LS8

Active bus access nodes
142
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.

LS7

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.

LS8

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 203 personal-injury collisions in 2022 to 24: 1 fatal, 56 serious and 146 slight.

DfT records 275 personal-injury collisions in 2022 to 24: 2 fatal, 65 serious and 208 slight.

LS7

Reported collisions, 2022–24 (raw count)
203
Fatal
1
Serious
56
Slight
146
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.

LS8

Reported collisions, 2022–24 (raw count)
275
Fatal
2
Serious
65
Slight
208
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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