People riot because they feel that the authorities (and especially the police) are behaving intolerably, and because they think they can get away with it. Warning lights are flashing above both possibilities
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskMartin Lewis, a popular consumer champion, has suggested that the sharply rising cost of energy and food means civil disorder is “not far away” in Britain. But bad behaviour does not follow inexorably from bad economic times. It is true that Britons rioted in 1981 and 2011 following nasty recessions. But they also rioted when the economy was humming along, in 1985 and 2000.
London is the city that matters most, because rioting often breaks out there before spreading. So it is worrying that Londoners’ attitudes to the police have deteriorated sharply in the past few years. Surveys conducted by the mayor’s office show that the share of Londoners who feel the police can be relied upon dropped from 77% in December 2014 to 57% in March 2022. The share who believe the police treat everyone fairly has fallen, too.
It is also likely that people are smarting from everyday interactions with the police. Since 2017-18 the number of people stopped and searched in England and Wales each year has shot up from fewer than 300,000 to around 700,000. The proportion of searches that lead to an arrest has fallen from 17% to 11%. That leaves a lot of annoyed people, especially in London, where three-fifths of all searches occur.
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