The riots and convictions
4 The number of days over which the riots took place. The public disorder began on 6th August 2011 in Tottenham, North London. On 7th and 8th August there were further outbreaks of disorder mainly in and around London. On 9th August the incidents were mainly outside of London including in Manchester and Birmingham.
14% Increase in web traffic to news and social media sites in the UK
3.4m Visits to Twitter.com on the Tuesday of the riots
70% The number of those accused of riot-related crimes who had travelled from outside their area to participate – or "riot tourism" as Communities secretary Eric Pickles described it
1,715 The number of suspects who, by 16th September 2011 had an initial hearing at magistrates’ courts.
21% The proportion of these aged 10-17 (364 young people)
2% Number of the 10-17 year old male population who have at least one previous conviction
40% Number of males aged 10-17 brought before the courts for the disorder had at least one previous conviction.
11 The age of the youngest known person to be punished for taking part in the riots
Families in Britain
13.8m Families in England
6.01m Families in England with dependent children
117,000 Estimated number of families with multiple problems
5.89m Approximate number of families with dependent children not considered to have multiple problems
£220,000 Estimated minimum cost to state of families with multiple problems
£14,000 Estimated cost of family intervention project per family
£50,000 Estimated saving per family per year of family intervention projects
8,841 Total number of families who worked with a family intervention service between January 2006 to March 2011
