List of riots in Leeds explained

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.^[1] The most famous of these is perhaps the 1981 Chapeltown riot, which took place the same time as riots in London (Brixton), Birmingham (Handsworth) and Liverpool (Toxteth).

• 1735 Corn price riot
• 1753 The turnpike riots^[2]
• 1754 Holbeck Chapel Riot
• 1800 Corn price riot
• 1811 Corn price riot
  • 1842 The Chartist and Plug riots in Holbeck and Hunslet 1844 The Military riot
  • 1865 Leeds dripping riot 1890 The Gasworkers riot^[3]
• 1893 Morley miners' riot
• 1908 The suffragette riot
• 1917 An anti-Jewish riot, Quarry Hill
• 1936 The Battle of Holbeck Moor
• 1975 Chapeltown riot
• 1981 Chapeltown riots
• 1987 Chapeltown riot
• 1995 Hyde Park Riot
• 2001 Harehills riot
• 2002 Leeds Festival riots
• The 2011 England riots saw "pockets of disorder" in Leeds^{[4] [5] [6]}
• 2024 Harehills riot

Notes and References

1. Web site: Riots in Leeds . Ford Maguire Society.
2. Web site: Libraries . Leeds . The Corn-price Riot of 1735 and the Turnpike Riot of 1753 . The Secret Library Leeds Libraries Heritage Blog . 21 July 2024 . en . 12 September 2019.
3. Web site: Leeds Gas Riots . Leeds Museums & Galleries . Leeds City Council . 21 July 2024 . 14 January 2016.
4. Web site: London riots: the third night – Monday 8 August 2011 . 8 August 2000 . The Guardian . 11 August 2011.
5. Web site: Man shot in face in Leeds . 9 August 2008 . Yorkshire Post . 11 August 2011.
6. Web site: Chapeltown shooting: Police tackle 'pockets of disorder' . 9 August 2011 . BBC News . 11 August 2011.