Armley

Armley
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Armley is located in Leeds
Armley
Armley
Armley is located in West Yorkshire
Armley
Armley
Location within West Yorkshire
Population25,550 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceSE271335
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLEEDS
Postcode districtLS12
Dialling code0113
PoliceWest Yorkshire
FireWest Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
53°47′53″N 1°35′14″W / 53.7981°N 1.5872°W / 53.7981; -1.5872

Armley is a district in the west of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It starts less than 1 mile (1.6 km) from Leeds city centre. Like much of Leeds, Armley grew in the Industrial Revolution and had several mills, one of which now houses the Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills. Armley is predominantly and historically a largely working class area of the city, still retains many smaller industrial businesses, and has many rows of back-to-back terraced houses.

It sits in the Armley ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds West and Pudsey parliamentary constituency.

In 2022, statistics released by West Yorkshire Police revealed Armley and New Wortley had the second highest crime rate in Leeds after Leeds city centre.[2][3]

  1. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Armley Ward (as of 2011) (1237321070)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  2. ^ "The 10 most dangerous Leeds neighbourhoods including the place ranked one of the most violent in England". LeedsLive. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Leeds crime: The 15 areas with the most crime in 2021 revealed by new West Yorkshire Police figures". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 6 June 2022.