Which has the lower district median?
Horsforth: £300,000. Kirkstall: £230,000.
Kirkstall is lower in this 24-month sample.
Horsforth (LS18) or Kirkstall (LS5): an area comparison
Kirkstall has the lower recorded-sale median by £70,000. The cards below show how the two areas compare on prices, schools, green space, local profile and transport.
The short answer
Which has the broader school register?
Horsforth: 8. Kirkstall: 2 open establishments.
This is the size of each district's registered school base.
How does everyday access compare?
Bus nodes: LS18 137, LS5 54. mapped green-space sites: LS18 28, LS5 24.
These counts show the scale of each district's transport and outdoor offer.
The broad price gap is £70,000 across the 24-month samples. That gives Kirkstall the lower starting point, while the remaining sections show where the two district profiles differ.
Horsforth has 8 registered schools, 28 mapped green-space sites and 137 bus nodes. Kirkstall has 2, 24 and 54 respectively.
District prices
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.
LS5 recorded 195 completed sales in the 24-month sample. The median was £230,000. The £239,085 average is higher because a small number of expensive sales can lift it.
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.
LS5
- Median recorded sale
- £230,000
- Average recorded sale
- £239,085
- Recorded sales
- 195 (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 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.
Police.uk records 1,223 reports from 2025-07 to 2026-06. Violence and sexual offences, robbery, burglary and weapons-possession reports account for 518, or 42.4% of the total.
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.
LS5
- Reported crime, 12 months
- 1,223
- Selected report-category share
- 518 (42.4%)
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. 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.
IMD is a Government local-area scale from 1 to 10: 1 is the poorer end, while 10 is the more well-off end. LS5 has a median of 3.0. 84.4% of mapped postcode units are in the poorer 1 to 3 band and 10.3% are in the more well-off 8 to 10 band.
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.
LS5
- Median IMD decile
- 3.0 / 10
- Postcode units in deciles 1–3
- 84.4%
- Postcode units in deciles 8–10
- 10.3%
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 LS18. It is a useful picture of the local school base, across the phases shown in the card below.
The register lists 2 open establishments in LS5. It is a useful picture of the local school base, across the phases shown in the card below.
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.
LS5
- Registered school sites
- 2 (Primary: 2)
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 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.
OS maps 24 green-space or outdoor-sport sites covering 49.91 hectares, including 5 public parks or gardens. This gives the district a substantial mapped outdoor offer.
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.
LS5
- Mapped OS green-space sites
- 24
- Mapped site area
- 49.91 ha
- Public parks or gardens
- 5
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 526 postcode units. 88 have high-risk surrounding addresses and 104 have medium-risk surroundings.
The source covers 203 postcode units. 23 have high-risk surrounding addresses and 29 have medium-risk surroundings.
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.
LS5
- Postcode units in source
- 203
- Units with high-risk surroundings
- 23
- Units with medium-risk surroundings
- 29
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 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.
The 2024 modelled annual-mean NO₂ median is 12.4 µg/m³. 100.0% of mapped units exceed the WHO 10 µg/m³ guideline and 0.0% meet or exceed 40 µg/m³.
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.
LS5
- Median annual mean NO₂
- 12.4 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.
Transport access nodes
NaPTAN contains 137 active bus nodes and 0 rail, metro or tram nodes across LS18. Together, they describe the district-wide public-transport network.
NaPTAN contains 54 active bus nodes and 4 rail, metro or tram nodes across LS5. Together, they describe the district-wide public-transport network.
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.
LS5
- Active bus access nodes
- 54
- 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.
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.
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.
LS5
- 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 76 personal-injury collisions in 2022 to 24: 2 fatal, 21 serious and 53 slight.
DfT records 66 personal-injury collisions in 2022 to 24: 0 fatal, 18 serious and 48 slight.
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.
LS5
- Reported collisions, 2022–24 (raw count)
- 66
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 18
- Slight
- 48
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
- HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. local 2025-2026 bulk snapshot. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- data.police.uk street-level crime custom download. 2025-07 to 2026-06; seven verified programme forces. Original download date not recorded.
- MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation postcode download. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
- DfE Get Information about Schools establishment register. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
- OS Open Greenspace. April 2026 programme-city tile manifest. Original download date not recorded.
- Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data. 2026-07-10. Original download date not recorded.
- DEFRA Pollution Climate Mapping annual-mean NO2 grid. 2024. Original download date not recorded.
- NaPTAN. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
- Ofcom Connected Nations. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
- DfT STATS19 Road Safety Data. 2022-2024 collision files. Original download date not recorded.
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