An independent civic ledger
How is Leeds actually doing?
Leeds City Council publishes hundreds of datasets — on potholes, spending, traffic, housing and more — at Datamillnorth.org, and national bodies like DEFRA and MHCLG publish what the council doesn't. Most of it is raw CSV. This site turns it into charts you can actually read.
Site under construction. First datasets coming soon.
In this edition
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No. 1
Potholes & road repairs
How many are reported, how long they take to fix, and where the worst hotspots are.
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No. 2
Council spending
Where the money goes — broken down by department, supplier and year.
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No. 3
Road safety & collisions
Casualties, serious injuries and deaths on Leeds' roads — and whether they're falling.
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No. 4
Getting around
Cycling vs car traffic — is Leeds becoming a city where you don't need a car?
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How busy is the city?
City-centre footfall — the pandemic crash and recovery, and the busiest times and streets.
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No. 6
Council tax
What each band pays, three decades of rises, and where your money actually goes.
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No. 7
Council housing
Hundreds of households bid for every council home — while the stock keeps shrinking.
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No. 8
School places
First-choice demand for primary and secondary places, and the schools hardest to get into.
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No. 9
Recycling & waste
How much Leeds recycles versus the England average, the end of landfill, and the scale of fly-tipping.
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No. 10
Planning applications
Planning rarely says no — four in five applications are approved. See what's being applied for near you.
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No. 11
Air quality
The air over Leeds is twice as clean as in 2007 — but still short of what the WHO calls healthy.
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