Spencer Place

Spencer Place

Spencer Place is a road that runs between Harehills and Chapeltown in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

It is the heart of one of Leeds' main red light districts and is widely associated with prostitution and gun crime. Drug crime is also common place. [ [http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Still-trapped-in-vice.955188.jp Still trapped in vice - Yorkshire Evening Post ] ] [ [http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Give-your-views-on-Chapeltown.1487063.jp Give your views on Chapeltown facelift - Yorkshire Evening Post ] ] [ [http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/500-police-swoop-on-Chapeltown.889497.jp 500 police swoop on Chapeltown - Yorkshire Evening Post ] ] Spencer Place is used as part of the Chapeltown Carnival.

The area is particularly dangerous and night and at best problematic at daytime. The street is about half a mile long and is tree lined and surrounded by large grandeous Victorian houses. Most (if not all) are divided up into low rent flats or bedsits. The grandeur of the street shows how it was once one of the city's most affluent districts. One of the reasons often cited towards Spencer Place's and Avenue Hill's declining popularity with prostitutes is the danger of trading in the area, Holbeck is now considered a safer area.

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