Lincoln Green & St James

Leeds · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 9,012 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

4Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,606 of 6,856 in England
  • #633 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #97 of 107 in Leeds
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,934
Median age (est.)31
Density6,448per km²
No qualifications30%
Degree or above29%
No car or van59%

Age

0–14 24%15–24 14%25–44 35%45–64 21%65+ 7%

Tenure

Own outright: 6%Mortgage/shared: 5%Social rent: 60%Private rent: 29%
Own outright 6%Mortgage/shared 5%Social rent 60%Private rent 29%

Households

One person: 44%Couple, no children: 10%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 16%Other: 12%
One person 44%Couple, no children 10%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 16%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 28% · Professional 15% · Caring & leisure 14%

All occupation groups
Elementary28%
Professional15%
Caring & leisure14%
Process & plant12%
Associate professional8%
Sales & customer service8%
Skilled trades7%
Administrative5%
Managers & directors5%

Ethnic group

White: 32%Asian: 16%Black: 36%Mixed: 5%Other: 10%
White 32%Asian 16%Black 36%Mixed 5%Other 10%

Religion & identity

Christian 43% · Muslim 32% · No religion 18%

Born outside the UK: 53%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Lincoln Green & St James is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,606 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #97 of 107 in Leeds. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (44) and lowest on Income (2). Typical homes here, about £120,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 36% in five years (from 18 sales), 51% below the wider Leeds median of £246,000. Typical household take-home income is around £28,870 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 254 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 2 · #6,737
Employment 6 · #6,428
Education 7 · #6,380
Health 13 · #5,989
Crime 5 · #6,517
Housing & access 44 · #3,809
Living environment 4 · #6,572

House prices ?

£120,500median (12m) · +18.1% yr · n=18
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£120,50018+18.1%+36.2%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Terraced£101,50010-5.6%+14.7%
Flat£153,0007+115.5%+74.4%
This area£120,500
Leeds£246,000
Yorkshire and The Humber£215,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£28,870±£4,280 · #6,580 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£21,759
Price-to-income ?4.2×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

11Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

254 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 2,286 offences
Leeds120
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #6,299 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences1,075
Theft311
Burglary97
Vehicle crime162
Criminal damage & arson200
Public order & weapons225
Drugs93
Robbery66
Other57

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 116 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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