List of riots in Leeds

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
  • 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
  • 1893 Morley miners' riot
  • 1908 The suffragette riot
  • 1917 An anti-Jewish riot, Quarry Hill
  • 1936 The battle of Holbeck Moor
  • 1975 Chapeltown riot (1975)
  • 11 July 1981 Chapeltown riot (1981)
  • 22 June 1987 Chapeltown riot (1987)
  • 1995 Hyde Park Riot
  • 2001 Harehills riot
  • 2002 Leeds Festival riots
  • The 2011 England riots saw "pockets of disorder" in Leeds[2][3][4]

References
  1. "Riots in Leeds". Ford Maguire Society.
  2. "London riots: the third night – Monday 8 August 2011". The Guardian. 8 August 2000. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  3. "Man shot in face in Leeds". Yorkshire Post. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  4. "Chapeltown shooting: Police tackle 'pockets of disorder'". BBC News. 9 August 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
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