Residents in an area that was once part of a legal red light zone say they are now being tormented by people having sex on their street. The area, in Holbeck, Leeds, was part of a project called the Managed Approach, which permitted sex work at certain hours on designated streets.
However, the project was abandoned by Leeds City Council in 2020 after six years. People living there say the situation has deteriorated ever since.
The council closed the Managed Approach, but now the prostitutes are coming into the residential areas, like on Crosby Road. They’re doing it there.”