On the afternoon of Tuesday 9th August 2011, in the Greater Manchester area, disturbances began in Salford, and approximately an hour and a half later in central Manchester, continuing late into the night. Greater Manchester was the scene of some of the most intense disorder over that period. More than 1,000 police officers were deployed, and were called to 800 incidents in Manchester city centre and around 130 in Salford. At least ten police officers were injured and Greater Manchester Fire Service reported 155 fires. It was estimated that the disturbances in central Manchester alone involved approximately 2,000 people.
The full triangulated account for Salford and Manchester can be found here.