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U.K. Rioters Poor, Jobless Youth

Most of looting took place in their own London neighborhoods.

Last week's British rioters were mostly young, unemployed, and impoverished young people, the Guardian data project determined Thursday. While Prime Minister David Cameron said earlier this week that the riots were “not about poverty,” an analysis of court data showed that 41 percent of rioters were from one of the top 10 percent of the most deprived areas of the country, and 66 percent of rioters were from neighborhoods that became poorer between 2007 and 2010. Researchers also found that in the worst-affected areas, youth unemployment and child poverty are above the national average. While many of the rioters attacked their own neighborhoods in London, the data suggested the suspects traveled to cities like Manchester and Birmingham to spread the unrest.