Your fact-checks will appear here
Metropolitan borough with city status in West Yorkshire, England
The available analyses agree that , with Birmingham, parts of Greater London (notably Tower Hamlets and Newham), Bradford, Manchester, Leicester, Luton and Blackburn with Darwen among the places repea...
London remains one of the UK’s largest Muslim populations but is not uniquely dominant when compared to other urban centres; . Reports in 2025 highlight rapid growth since 2001, internal diversity, an...
The 2021 Census counted roughly 3.9 million people identifying as Muslim in England and Wales (about 6.5% of that population), up from about 2.7 million in 2011 — an increase of roughly 1.16 million o...
Birmingham remains one of the UK’s largest Muslim-majority urban concentrations: the 2021 census recorded , making it one of the highest city-level shares in England and Wales . Nationally, Muslims ar...
The materials provided make several overlapping claims about which European cities were “most dangerous” in 2025, repeatedly naming Bradford, Coventry, Marseille, Birmingham and Naples as high-crime l...
The UK’s Muslim population has grown substantially since 2011 and is projected to continue rising through mid-century, driven primarily by higher fertility rates, a younger age profile, and immigratio...
Available sources do not provide a definitive list of “major European cities with the highest homicide rate per 100,000 residents in 2025.” Country-level homicide rates for Europe are available from E...
The analyses collectively identify a consistent set of UK cities often cited as having the largest or most significant Muslim populations by share and absolute numbers — notably Birmingham, Bradford, ...
The claim that "Muslims control 50 cities in England including London" is and is not substantiated by the sources provided. Census and local-demography analyses document growing and significant Muslim...
Tower Hamlets and Newham have the largest shares and counts of Muslim residents in London in the 2021 census: Tower Hamlets recorded the largest proportion at about 39.9% (123,912 people) and Newham a...
The clearest finding across the supplied analyses is that —notably Birmingham, Bradford, and inner‑London boroughs such as Tower Hamlets—where proportions of residents identifying as Muslim can range ...
The core facts from the material provided show a of people identifying as Muslim in Britain: England and Wales count about , up markedly from 2011, and UK-wide summaries round to roughly . The communi...
No authoritative, city-level source in the provided material identifies a single European city with the highest murder rate per capita in 2025. The available analyses present conflicting claims—naming...
The UK’s Muslim population stood at roughly 3.9 million in the 2021 Census—about 6–6.5% of the national population—concentrated in major urban centres such as London, Birmingham, Manchester, Bradford ...
Sharia councils do not constitute a parallel, state-backed legal system in the UK; they have and cannot create law that overrides English law, though their decisions can become enforceable as private ...
The available data shows , with other major centres including Bradford, Manchester and Newham/Tower Hamlets in London; figures differ by whether one counts whole cities, metropolitan areas or specific...
The 2021 England and Wales Census remains the principal authoritative source for city-level religion percentages: it shows Muslim populations concentrated in certain northern towns and large cities, w...
Census-derived and ONS-based summaries show that London contains the largest number of Muslims of any region (about 1.28 million in 2019) while several northern cities have the highest proportions wit...
The best available 2025 summary of census material from the Muslim Council of Britain estimates there are about 4 million Muslims in Britain and reports Muslim shares of the population by nation: Engl...
Manchester has a by multiple indirect measures—mosque listings, community projects, and commercial indicators—but the sources provided do not offer a direct, quantitative comparison of Manchester’s Mu...