List of riots in Leeds

Throughout its history Leeds has had several riots, often recurring in the same areas.[citation needed] Below is a list of recorded riots that have taken place.[1] The most famous of these is perhaps the 1981 Chapeltown riot,[citation needed] which took place the same time as riots in London (Brixton), Birmingham (Handsworth) and Liverpool (Toxteth).
1981 Chapeltown riotLondonBrixtonBirminghamHandsworthLiverpoolToxtethChartistHolbeckHunsletLeeds dripping riotMorleysuffragetteQuarry HillBattle of Holbeck Moor1975 Chapeltown riot1981 Chapeltown riots1987 Chapeltown riotHyde Park2001 Harehills riotLeeds Festival2011 England riots2024 Harehills riotThe revolt of 11961355 St Scholastica Day riot1381 Peasants' RevoltTreason Act 13811517 Evil May Day1668 Bawdy House riots1710 Sacheverell riots1714 Coronation riots1715 England riotsRiot Act1766 food riots1768 Massacre of St George's Fields1769 Spitalfield riots1776 Nottingham cheese riot1780 Gordon riots1791 Priestley riots1795 Revolt of the housewives1809 Old Price riots1816 Spa Fields riots1816 Ely and Littleport riots1819 Peterloo Massacre1821 Cinderloo Uprising1830 Swing riotsCaptain Swing1831 reform riots1831 Bristol riots1832 Days of May1838 Battle of Bossenden Wood1842 Pottery Riots1865 Leeds dripping riot1887 Bloody Sunday1896 Newlyn riots1919 Epsom riot1919 Battle of Bow Street1932 National Hunger March1936 Battle of Cable Street1943 Battle of Bamber Bridge1944 Park Street riot1945 Aldershot riot1958 Notting Hill race riots1970 Garden House riot1974 Red Lion Square disorders1977 Battle of Lewisham1979 Death of Blair Peach1980 St Pauls riot1981 England riots1981 Brixton riot1981 Chapeltown riots1981 Toxteth riots1981 Moss Side riot1981 Handsworth riots1985 Handsworth riots1985 Brixton riot1985 Broadwater Farm riotMurder of Keith Blakelock1987 Chapeltown riot1989 Dewsbury riot1990 Poll Tax riots1990 Strangeways Prison riot1991 Meadow Well riots1991 Handsworth riots1993 Welling riots1994 Criminal Justice Bill riot1995 Manningham riot1995 Brixton riot1996 Trafalgar Square riots1999 Carnival Against Capital riot2001 Bradford riots2001 Oldham riots2005 Birmingham riots2009 G20 London summit protestsDeath of Ian Tomlinson2009 Upton Park riot2011 UK anti-austerity protests2011 London anti-cuts protestKilling of Mark DugganTimelineGeorge Floyd protests in the United KingdomActions against memorials in Great Britain during the George Floyd protests2022 Leicester unrest2024 United Kingdom riots1981 Scarman reportRiots in LondonPublic Order Act 1986Territorial Support Group