2011 England Riots

2011 England riots
Firefighters douse a shop and flats destroyed by arson during the initial rioting in Tottenham, London
Date	6–11 August 2011 (although incidents continued after this period)
Location	Several districts of London, Birmingham, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Nottingham, Bristol, and several other areas
Causes	Escalation of events following fatal police shooting of Mark Duggan
Methods	Rioting, looting, arson, mugging, assault, murder
Reported fatalities and injuries
5 deaths 16+ members of public injured 186 police officers, 3 police community support officers as well as five police dogs injured

External images

Images of the Tottenham riot on 6 August 2011 (BBC)

Map of the Tottenham riot on 6 August 2011 (Google Maps)

Tottenham Riots: Torched houses, cars in London violence aftermath (YouTube)

Damage at Leyton Mills Currys last night (TwitPic)

The 2011 England riots occurred between 6 and 11 August 2011, when thousands of people rioted in several London boroughs and in cities and towns across England. The resulting chaos generated looting, arson, and mass deployment of police and resulted in the death of five people.

Disturbances began on 6 August after a protest in Tottenham, London, following the death of Mark Duggan, a local man who was shot dead by police on 4 August. Several violent clashes with police ensued, along with the destruction of police vehicles, a double-decker bus, and many homes and businesses, thus rapidly gaining attention from the media. Overnight, looting took place in Tottenham Hale retail park and nearby Wood Green. The following days saw similar scenes in other parts of London, with the most rioting taking place in Hackney, Brixton, Walthamstow, Peckham, Enfield, Battersea, Croydon, Ealing, Barking, Woolwich, Lewisham and East Ham.

From 8 to 10 August, other towns and cities in England (including Birmingham, Coventry, Leicester, Derby, Wolverhampton, Nottingham, West Bromwich, Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester, and Salford) saw what was described by the media as "copycat violence". Social media sites including Facebook also featured rumours of further disturbances or details surrounding known disturbances which were later proven to be inaccurate; for instance there were rumours of disturbances in the town of Dudley and at the nearby Merry Hill Shopping Centre, but no incidents in these areas were detected by police. Rumours of a hospital being targeted by rioters in Birmingham were also proven to be wrong, as were rumours of disturbances in the Heath Town district of Wolverhampton, which had witnessed a serious riot in May 1989.