Security services
The University's Security Service operates 24 hours a day, every day of the year. We offer crime prevention advice, patrol the campus, investigate crimes and respond to alarms and emergencies.
SafeZone app
Download the free SafeZone app so you can get support quickly from the Security Service if you need it. Everyone on campus can use the app ask for help.
Use the app to ask for help with physical or mental health incidents, non-emergency and emergency situations.
What we can help with
- urgent/emergency support when other University services are not open
- initial response to emergency situations, reports of suspicious activity and alarms
- lost and found property system
- crime prevention advice
- investigating, recording and analysing crimes and incidents
- uniformed security patrols and plain clothes security officers
- a 24-hour monitoring service for all networked closed circuit television cameras and University alarm systems
- event and venue security for University functions including access control and guarding
- management information on crime figures and trends as they affect the University
- other specialist support as necessary or required.
Contact us
- Security Office address: 175 Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 3AR. You can also find us near the University's main entrance barrier.
- Phone the Security Service (non-emergencies): +44(0)113 343 5494 or +44(0)113 343 5495
- Phone the Security Service (emergencies only): +44(0)113 343 2222
- Email the Security Service: security@leeds.ac.uk
- Video call the Security Service on Whatsapp: +44(0)7876 866747
If you have been a victim of crime and would like support, you can also talk in confidence to Leeds University Union Help and Support and the University’s Harassment and Misconduct team.