The London Riots and Poverty

There has been a lot of news coverage about the London Riots this week but the causes of the riots are extremely complex. Is there a link between poverty and the riots? Have a look at the map here which shows poverty and the areas of the rioting. Is there a link?

From this same page you can also access the Guardian's interactive map about the riots.

There is an alternative map looking at deprivation and the location of the riots here.

This short post here
examines the link between the riot areas and areas of child poverty.