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
27 September 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

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

Riots in England

12th–17th centuries

1189–1190 Massacres of the Jews
The revolt of 1196
1355 St Scholastica Day riot
1381 Peasants' Revolt
- Treason Act 1381
1517 Evil May Day
1668 Bawdy House riots

18th century

19th century

20th century

1900s–1960s	1907 Brown Dog riots 1919 Epsom riot 1919 Battle of Bow Street 1919 Luton Peace Day riots 1932 Old Market riot (Bristol) 1932 National Hunger March 1936 Battle of Cable Street 1943 Battle of Bamber Bridge 1944 Park Street riot 1945 Aldershot riot 1958 Notting Hill race riots 1968 student riots
1970s	1970 Garden House riot 1974 Red Lion Square disorders 1975 Chapeltown riot 1977 Battle of Lewisham 1979 Death of Blair Peach
1980s	1980 St Pauls riot 1981 England riots 1981 Brixton riot 1981 Chapeltown riots 1981 Toxteth riots 1981 Moss Side riot 1981 Handsworth riots 1985 Handsworth riots 1985 Brixton riot 1985 Broadwater Farm riot Murder of Keith Blakelock 1987 Chapeltown riot 1989 Dewsbury riot
1990s	1990 Poll Tax riots 1990 Strangeways Prison riot 1991 Meadow Well riots 1991 Handsworth riots 1992 Hartcliffe riot (Bristol) 1993 Welling riots 1994 Criminal Justice Bill riot 1995 Manningham riot 1995 Brixton riot 1996 Trafalgar Square riots 1999 Carnival Against Capital riot

21st century

2000s	2001 Bradford riots 2001 Oldham riots 2001 Harehills riot 2005 Birmingham riots 2009 G20 London summit protests Death of Ian Tomlinson 2009 Upton Park riot
2010s	2010 UK student protests 2011 Stokes Croft riot (Bristol) 2011 UK anti-austerity protests 2011 London anti-cuts protest 2011 England riots Killing of Mark Duggan House of Reeves fire Timeline
2020s	George Floyd protests in the United Kingdom Actions against memorials in Great Britain during the George Floyd protests 2022 Leicester unrest