🛡️ Personal Safety in Leeds
It’s important to feel safe when you are walking in Leeds or your area. Here are some easy tips to help you:
🌃 When You Go Out
- ❌ Try not to walk alone at night
- ✅ Stay in bright, busy places
- 🍷 On a night out:
- Don’t take drinks from strangers
- Don’t leave your drink alone
- 🎒 Keep your bag closed and close to you
- 🧠 If someone feels wrong, trust your feelings and stay away
🏠 Protect Your Home from Theft
Thieves look for easy chances. These tips can help you stay safe:
- ❌ Don’t leave keys 🔑, money 💰, phone 📱 or laptop 💻 where people can see them
- 🔐 Close and lock ground floor windows and doors when you’re not in the room
- 🚨 Use your burglar alarm when you go out or go to sleep
- 🧾 Shred (cut up) papers like bills and bank letters before putting them in the bin
- 🧱 If you rent and something is broken (like a window or lock), tell your landlord
- 💡 Use a lamp timer when you’re not home — you can buy one at shops like Wilko or Argos
🚓 If You Are Robbed or Your House Is Broken Into
🆘 Emergency (in danger or it’s happening now):📞 Call 999
ℹ️ Not an emergency (already happened, no one in danger): 📞 Call 101 Or visit your local police station
🙅 Antisocial Behaviour (ASB)
ASB = behaviour that hurts or scares people in the area. It can happen:
- Near your home 🏘️
- In public places 🚆🏞️
Examples:
- Loud or annoying neighbours
- Graffiti and vandalism
- Drinking alcohol on the street 🍺
- Litter 🗑️
- Begging
- Sex work issues
- Dangerous car use or abandoned cars 🚗
🚔 Report Antisocial Behaviour
You can contact your local neighbourhood police team:
👉 Find Your Local Police Team
👉 Or report online: Report Antisocial Behaviour
📞 Or call: 0113 222 4402 (Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri: 9am–5pm | Wed: 10am–5pm)
👉 Leeds Anti-Social Behaviour Team
👉 You can also go to your local Community Hub: Find a Community Hub
🏠 If you rent privately, report it to your landlord first.
🍻 Drinking in Public Places
In some parts of Leeds, it is against the rules to drink in the street. These rules are called Public Space Protection Orders (PSPO).
🚫 If you break the rules, you can get a fine.
Areas with PSPO rules:
- Armley
- Parts of Burley
- Burmantofts
- City Centre
- Farsley
- Garforth
- Guiseley
- Harehills
- Headingley
- Horsforth
- Hyde Park
- Killingbeck & Seacroft
- Kippax & Allerton Bywater
- Little London
- Little Woodhouse
- Otley
- Pudsey
- Swillington
- Wetherby
- Parts of Woodhouse
- Woodhouse Moor
- Yeadon
👉 More info: Public Space Protection Orders
🔊 Noise
Be kind to your neighbours! Some noise is OK, but very loud noise between 11pm and 7am is a problem. Report Daytime Noise (8am–5pm)
👉 Use the online form: Leeds Council Noise Complaints
You may be asked to keep a noise diary. If there’s enough proof, the council may take legal action. Report Night-Time Noise (5pm–3:30am)
📞 Call the out of hours team: 0113 376 0337
They will:
- Talk to you
- Try to visit the noisy place
- Ask the people to stop (if safe)
They can’t visit every complaint. They are more likely to come if:
- It’s in a residential area
- Many people complain
🏭 Noise from a Business (pubs, factories)
Call Entertainment Licensing:
- 📞 0113 378 5029 (Mon–Thu 9am–5pm | Fri 9am–4:30pm)
- 📞 0113 395 0143 (Out of hours)
