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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Pamela Duncan, Carmen Aguilar García, Michael Goodier, Olivia Lee and Alex Clark. Graphics by Lucy Swan and Tural Ahmedzade

Local. Left behind. Prey to populist politics? What the data tells us about the 2024 UK rioters

Two men stand near a burning car
A police car is set alight during a protest in Sunderland on 2 August 2024. Photograph: Drik/Getty Images

When the news broke of stabbings at a children’s dance class in Southport this summer, a palpable sense of grief, horror and anger rippled across the country.

From the collective anguish brought on by the incident in which three young girls died, variations on the same question emerged: “Who would do such a thing?”

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