The West Yorkshire force has calculated the cost of officers working on the day was £214,000 plus an additional £21,000 in overtime.

The cost to other forces who provided officers to help police the protests on October 31 has been estimated at £110,000

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Chief Supt Mark Milsom, City and Holbeck Divisional Commander and head of the operation on the day, said: "We recognise the high level of public interest in the policing of this demonstration and the costs that were incurred and feel it is right to be open and provide that information to the community."

Due to the number of officers required, West Yorkshire Police were helped by surrounding forces.

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These included Northumbria Police, Cleveland Constabulary, North Yorkshire Police, Humberside Police, South Yorkshire Police, British Transport Police and Durham Constabulary.

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Chief Supt Milsom said: "This figure clearly represents a significant policing cost but this demonstration was particularly challenging as previous events in other cities had seen significant disorder and increased community tensions.

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"A great deal of planning and co-operation between the police, Leeds City Council, other emergency services and members of the community took place prior to the demonstration.

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"We believe this led to the event passing with remarkably little trouble. It was a good result for Leeds."

The policing of the demonstration was this week singled out for praise in a report by Her Majesty's Chief Inspectorate of Constabulary.

The report, 'Adapting to Protest – Nurturing the British Model of Policing' was published in response to the review conducted following the policing of the G20 protests in London.

It compliments the recent "committed attempts by the police to facilitate contentious protests and counter-protests" and specifically mentions the recent Leeds demonstration.

Protestors were denied a violent confrontation as hundreds of police kept the EDL and UAF supporters apart.

Despite a major break through a police cordon by the UAF at Victoria Gardens – and similar attempts by the EDL in City Square – police and mounted officers prevented violent confrontation.

Unlike previous EDL demos in Manchester and Birmingham, there were just nine arrests for public order offences and no injuries or serious damage.

Talks were held with Muslim groups to prevent them being drawn into conflict with the EDL, which claims to oppose so-called "extreme Islam".