Romani people in the United Kingdom
A portrait of a Romani woman by English painter Octavius Oakley | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom: ≈ 225,000 – 0.4% (European Commission estimate, 2012) England: 99,122 – 0.2% (2021) Scotland: Unavailable Wales: 1,842 – 0.06% (2021) Northern Ireland: 1,529 – 0.08% (2021) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| North West England and Greater London | |
| Languages | |
| Angloromani, Scottish Cant, Kalá | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity |
Romani people have been recorded in the United Kingdom since at least the early 16th century. There are estimated to be around 225,000 Romani people residing in the UK. This includes the Romanichal, Kale (Welsh Roma), Scottish Lowland Roma and a sizeable population of Roma from Central and Eastern Europe, who immigrated into the UK in the late 1990s/early 2000s and after EU expansion in 2004. They are considered part of the Gypsy (Romani), Roma and Traveller (GRT) community.