Throughout its history Leeds has had several riots, often recurring in the same areas. Below is a list of recorded riots that have taken place. The most famous of these is perhaps the

1981 Chapeltown riot The Chapeltown Riots of 1981 took place in the Leeds district of Chapeltown in West Yorkshire, England, during a time when many other areas of the UK were suffering similar problems (such as London, Birmingham and Liverpool). The riots unfolded ...

, which took place the same time as riots in London (

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), Birmingham ( Handsworth) and Liverpool ( Toxteth). *1735 Corn price riot *1753 The turnpike riots *1754 Holbeck Chapel Riot *1800 Corn price riot *1811 Corn price riot *1842 The Chartist and Plug riots in

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and Hunslet *1844 The Military riot *1865 Leeds dripping riot *1890 The Gasworkers riot *1893 Morley miners' riot *1908 The

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riot *1917 An anti-Jewish riot, Quarry Hill *1936 The

Battle of Holbeck Moor The Battle of Holbeck Moor was a clash between the British Union of Fascists and various anti-fascist demonstrators that took place in Holbeck, Leeds, on 27 September 1936. Led by Oswald Mosley, around 1,000 fascists planned to lead a march thro ...

1975 Chapeltown riot The Chapeltown riot of 1975 occurred on 5 November in the troubled Leeds district of Chapeltown in West Yorkshire, England. They were not to be the last riots in the area following further rioting in 1981 and 1987 and further rioting in nearby ...

* 1981 Chapeltown riots * 1987 Chapeltown riot *1995

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2001 Harehills riot The Harehills riot took place in the multi-ethnic Leeds district of Harehills (West Yorkshire, England) in 2001. The riot occurred after the alleged wrongful arrest of an Asian man by the West Yorkshire Police which was alleged to have been ...

*2002 Leeds Festival riots *The

2011 England riots The 2011 England riots, more widely known as the London riots, were a series of riots between 6 and 11 August 2011. Thousands of people rioted in cities and towns across England, which saw looting, arson, as well as mass deployment of police ...

saw "pockets of disorder" in Leeds *

2024 Harehills riot On 18 July 2024, a riot took place in the Harehills area of Leeds, Yorkshire, England. The incident was triggered by a dispute over four children of a Romani people, Romani family being taken into care by social services and police. The situ ...

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Riots A riot is a form of civil disorder commonly characterized by a group lashing out in a violent public disturbance against authority, property, or people. Riots typically involve destruction of property, public or private. The property targeted ...

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