1981 Brixton riot

confrontation between Police and protesters in Brixton, London in 1981
Event riot Q2478311
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1981 Brixton riot

Summary

1981 Brixton riot is a riot[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of riot entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (410 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • 1981 Brixton riot is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • 1981 Brixton riot's image is recorded as 1981 Brixton Riots.jpg[4].
  • 1981 Brixton riot's instance of is recorded as riot[5].
  • 1981 Brixton riot's location is recorded as Brixton[6].
  • 1981 Brixton riot's part of is recorded as 1981 England riots[7].
  • 1981 Brixton riot's start time is recorded as +1981-04-10T00:00:00Z[8].
  • 1981 Brixton riot's end time is recorded as +1981-04-12T00:00:00Z[9].
  • 1981 Brixton riot's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.4599, 'lon': -0.11038}[10].
  • 1981 Brixton riot's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04kf82[11].
  • 1981 Brixton riot's participant is recorded as Metropolitan Police[12].
  • 1981 Brixton riot's BBC Things ID is recorded as 54406a70-2628-455f-b5cb-8bbe4f14d6db[13].
  • 1981 Brixton riot's Quora topic ID is recorded as 1981-Brixton-Riot[14].
  • 1981 Brixton riot's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject African diaspora[15].
  • 1981 Brixton riot's BlackPast.org ID is recorded as global-african-history/brixton-riots-april-10-12-1981[16].

Why It Matters

1981 Brixton riot ranks in the top 4% of riot entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (410 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_1981-brixton-riot_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{1981 Brixton riot}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/1981-brixton-riot}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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