Lozells

It is a very ethnically diverse area with a high population of people of Afro-Caribbean, Bangladeshi and Pakistani origin.

Lozells Road was the scene of rioting from 9–11 September 1985, with shops, houses and vehicles being burnt, and looting also taking place.

Racial tension, high unemployment and hostility towards the police were seen as major factors of the rioting.

[1] Further riots on the night of the 22 October 2005 left two men dead and a police officer shot and wounded.

These riots were started by an unsubstantiated rumour, broadcast on a pirate radio station, of a girl being raped.