2011 England riots the maker of the BlackBerry, are reported to have contacted the police to offer help in investigating the use of their system for the organisation of riots. According to "The Independent", the costs to the Metropolitan Police of policing the disorder and disturbances in London are expected to exceed £34 million. This could be more than their total bill for the policing of all major public disorder events in the year from April 2010 to March 2011. By 15 August 2011 around 3,100 people had been arrested, of whom over 1,100 had appeared in court. On 25 August the BBC
2011 England riots public inquiry into the wider causes of the riots and has stated that his party would set up such an inquiry if the coalition fails to do so. The UK was shaken by its worst riots in decades. A wide-ranging LSE study called "Reading the Riots" concluded that the major contributory factors were opportunism, perceived social injustice, deprivation, and frustration at the way communities were policed. A YouGov poll was carried out on 8–9 August 2011 for "The Sun" asking what those surveyed believed to be the main cause of the riots. In it, 42% of those polled thought "criminal