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We're out regularly doing street surgeries. Maybe the most common issue raised is speeding. We lobby about this A LOT! Both the police and Highways. One of the tools available to us is mobile speed cameras. We've just had confirmation through of the latest placements we've secured: Tinshill Lane Wynford Avenue Spennithorne Drive We've previously had them on other roads. The way they work is that a speed camera is placed on the road for a temporary period, and then brought bac

The next set of community meetings we do with the police are next week. Come along to discuss and hear about what the police are doing to tackle local crime. We always attend these when we can but please note we can't attend on Wednesday as it clashes with a full meeting of Leeds City Councillors. So if you're planning to go to chat with us please contact us instead! Alternatively, see you at the Welcome In on Tuesday or come to one of our surgeries (Friday 2-3pm at Meanwood

It's that time of year. There will be more fireworks to celebrate Diwali and Bonfire Night. But outside of these times fireworks can become a bit of a nuisance. There are limits on when you can use them, please read those here . If they're being used outside of these curfew hours please contact West Yorkshire Police online or by calling 101. If it becomes a recurring issue in your area and you feel it is not being dealt with please let us know. There will also be extra polici

Yesterday we organised for police, transport officers, housing officers, and the council's cleaner neighbourhoods team to join us and a...

Otley Run specific drop ins plus regular police and community meetings: As you know, we have regular public meetings with the police in...

We support campaigning by Living Streets, who advocate for pedestrians. They have a campaign to map pavement parking hotspots , which...

We've been working with the police and the council to tackle speeding on a number of key roads. The latest is Silk Mill Way. It is now a...

We've worked with the police to confirm extra enforcement and safety patrols on the Otley Run to coincide with the new academic year. We...

We carry out regular street surgeries across the ward. A theme that came up especially in the Weetwood Lane and Spen Lane areas was...

During June and July 2025, Weetwood ward experienced 23 recorded crime incidents. Of these, over half were vehicle-related. And some...

A common question we're asked is what we can do about dangerous bike riders. Especially people using souped up electric bikes. Police...

We get reports on local crimes every few weeks. The latest shows again that the majority of local crime is theft of or from vehicles....

We had a very helpful Police and Communities Together (PACT) meeting at the Welcome In on Tuesday. We covered crime and policing in the...

Following the recent public meeting in Headingley, we want to update residents on what has already been achieved and what we are doing...

This meeting follows​ the truly shocking and tragic attack in Headingley on Saturday afternoon. Our thoughts are with the two young women...

We've shared below an update on the facts and figures about crime in Weetwood over the last month. We work closely with the police to...

We successfully campaigned to introduce fines for bad behaviour like public urination on the Otley Run. The maximum fine allowed is £100...

Unfortunately there has been an increase in theft from cars and theft of cars locally. We've been out with the police going door to door...

Otley Run Read our latest update on tackling this  and see previous news on the issue . As the weather warms up we'll be running local...

As you may know, tackling the negative impacts of the Otley Run is a big priority for us and we regularly post updates about our work...