London has the highest number of Muslims in the UK, with over 1.3 million, representing 15% of its population as of the 2021 Census. Other major cities with significant Muslim populations include Birmingham, Bradford, and Manchester.
The settlements with the largest numbers of Muslims are Birmingham, Bradford, London, Manchester and Leicester. There are also high numbers in Kirklees, Luton, Bolton, Slough, Rochdale and mill towns of Northern England like Oldham and Blackburn.
Yes, Edinburgh is a safe and welcoming city for Muslims, with a growing multicultural population and inclusive community values. The city is home to multiple mosques, Islamic centres, and halal restaurants.
What are the top 10 cities for crime rate? According to police-recorded crime data by Community Safety Partnership area (year ending December 2024), the top 10 cities for crime rate (excluding fraud) in England are London, Manchester, Bristol, Doncaster, Liverpool, Leeds, Bradford, Birmingham, Wakefield, and Leicester.
Most British Arabs live in the Greater London area, and many are either businesspeople, recent immigrants, or students. There are also sizable and long-established Yemeni Arab communities living in both Cardiff and the South Shields area near Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Yes, Islam is growing in the UK, being the fastest-growing religion according to the 2021 census, with the Muslim population reaching 3.9 million (6.5% of the total), up from 2.7 million in 2011, driven by both higher birth rates in the younger Muslim demographic and migration, though some growth also reflects increased willingness to self-identify as Muslim.
DO MUSLIMS IN THE UK PAY INHERITANCE TAX? Yes, Muslims in the UK are subject to the laws and rules relating to inheritance tax. Inheritance tax in the UK is not based on religion but on the actual value of the estate and the rules of the country you live in. HOW TO LEGALLY AVOID PAYING INHERITANCE TAX?
Mecca is considered the holiest city in Islam, as it is home to Islam's holiest site Kaaba in Masjid al-Haram (The Sacred Mosque). Only Muslims are allowed to enter the city. Mount Arafat near Mecca in Saudi Arabia, where Muhammad stood and delivered the farewell sermon towards the end of his life.
London has the largest Pakistani population in the UK by total numbers, with significant communities also in Birmingham, Bradford (often called "Bradistan"), and Manchester, though Bradford and other cities have a higher percentage of Pakistanis in their overall population. Greater London has the highest absolute number (over 290,000 in 2021), followed by Birmingham and then Bradford.
83% agree that Britain is a better place for Muslims to practise their faith whilst being involved in wider public life than most European states, rising to 87% for Muslims living in London. 51% reported feeling a strong sense of belonging in their local community and neighbourhood.
A major study conducted by missionary David Garrison, highlighted in his 2014 book “A Wind in the House of Islam,” estimates that between 2 and 7 million Muslims have converted to Christianity worldwide in the past two decades. Garrison calls this movement “the greatest turning of Muslims to Christ in history.”
The majority of the Muslims in Birmingham continue to be born abroad as more and more migrants arrive into the city although the number of British-born Muslims and those who convert to the faith are said to be near 50% of the total Muslim population.
As we have seen, Jews make up just under 0.5% of the national population, about the same proportion as in the last two censuses. Therefore, in 2021, just 5 out of 1,000 people in England and Wales were Jewish compared with 462 Christians, 65 Muslims and 17 Hindus.
The city with the lowest percentage of white residents in the UK is Leicester, where white people are no longer the majority, with about 41% identifying as white according to 2021 census data, making it one of the most ethnically diverse cities alongside places like Birmingham, Luton, and London boroughs such as Newham and Brent.
The most significant Muslim areas in London are concentrated in East London boroughs like Tower Hamlets, Newham, and Redbridge, driven by large Bangladeshi, Pakistani, and Indian communities, with Tower Hamlets having the highest proportion of Muslims and the East London Mosque as a major center. Other areas with notable Muslim populations include North London (Haringey, Barnet, Enfield) and parts of West London (Kensington & Chelsea, Brent, Ealing) for Arab communities.
Its title is a quotation from the Bible, where Paul the Apostle says that he is a citizen of "no mean city", (no obscure or insignificant city) i.e. he was a Roman citizen, even though he was a Jew from Tarsus.
Norwich is no stranger to accolades. It was the first city in the UK to be designated as a UNESCO City of Literature in 2012, took the top spot in the Sunday Times's "Best Places to Live in the UK" list from 2018 to 2020 and was even named one of the best small cities in the world by The Times in 2013.
