Often shorter and slighter than Afro-Caribbeans, Indo-Caribbeans seem less interested in basketball or football.

ECONOMIST: Just not cricket in the Caribbean

The oldest-established group (Afro-Caribbeans) are the most integrated, suggesting that the process has been going on for some time.

ECONOMIST: Race

Afro-Caribbeans and Indians were less segregated, as they are in most British cities.

ECONOMIST: Segregation

One reason poor British whites have escaped scrutiny is that they are less associated with serious criminality than other ethnic groups, particularly Afro-Caribbeans.

ECONOMIST: Poor whites

All but one of the nine boroughs that experienced a net loss of Afro-Caribbeans between 1991 and 2001 suffer higher than average crime rates.

ECONOMIST: Black Britons finally break into dreary neighbourhoods

That helps to explain why, in 2001, 55% of black Africans in Britain were under the age of 30, compared to just 37% of Afro-Caribbeans.

ECONOMIST: Immigration

Single-parent households are considerably rarer than among Afro-Caribbeans.

ECONOMIST: Immigration