Is Leeds safe? United States travel risk
Is Leeds safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Leeds scores 36/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. The US State Department does not issue advice for United States. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Leeds scores 36/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United States (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Leeds: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and crime and scams (47/100).
A score of 36 is higher than 32% of the cities we score.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Found at 33.5436° N, 86.5639° W within Alabama, Leeds is situated 1,042.5 km NE of Washington at an altitude of 191 m.
Alabama
33.5436° N, 86.5639° W
191 m
America/Chicago
12,221
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in United States
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (33 °C avg high); Wettest: March (144 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 12° | 14° | 18° | 23° | 27° | 31° | 33° | 32° | 30° | 25° | 17° | 13° |
| Low °C | 2° | 4° | 7° | 12° | 16° | 21° | 23° | 23° | 20° | 14° | 8° | 4° |
| Rain mm | 133 | 121 | 144 | 122 | 82 | 92 | 106 | 117 | 72 | 60 | 110 | 139 |
Normals: Birmingham (21.7 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Leeds happened in March (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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