Places with the largest numbers of Pakistanis:
London - 179,100 (2.4% of city’s population)
Birmingham - 113,000 (11.2%)
Bradford - 80,000 (16.1%)
Kirklees - 28,600 (7.1%)
Manchester - 28,100 (6.1%)
Luton - 20,100 (10.6%)
Leeds - 18,200 (2.4%)
Sheffield - 17,400 (3.3%)
Rochdale - 17,200 (8.4%)
Oldham - 15,300 (7.0%)
Slough - 14,600 (12.2%)
Places with the largest numbers of Indians:
London - 501,600 (6.6% of the city’s population)
Leicester - 73,100 (25.0%)
Birmingham - 61,300 (6.1%)
Wolverhampton - 28,100 (11.9%)
Sandwell - 27,300 (9.5%)
Coventry - 25,300 (8.3%)
Slough - 18,000 (15.0%)
Kirklees - 17,100 (4.3%)
Leeds - 18,300 (2.4%)
Bolton - 15,500 (5.9%)
Places with the largest numbers of Bangladeshis:
London - 174,900 (2.3% of the city’s population)
Birmingham - 23,700 (2.3%)
Oldham - 11,200 (5.1%)
Luton - 8,700 (4.6%)
Bradford - 5,900 (1.2%)
Newcastle upon Tyne - 3,100 (1.1%)
Areas with the highest percentages of South Asians in the UK:
The council area with the most British Asians is the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, whose population is 35% Asian, most of Bangladeshi origin.
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Batley 30% S. Asian. 40.72% in Batley Eastand 21.43% in Batley West
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Birmingham (especially Sparkhill, Alum Rock, Sparkbrook, Small Heath, Balsall Heath, Washwood Heath, Saltley, Handsworth, Handsworth Wood) 22% S. Asian
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Blackburn 20.6% S. Asian
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Bradford (Manningham, Great Horton, Heaton, Girlington, West Bowling, BD3 and Thornbury) 24.3% S. Asian
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Dewsbury (Ravensthorpe, Thornhill Lees, Savile Town) around 33% Asian. Savile Town is “97-100% Muslim”
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Leicester (especially Belgrave, Rushey Mead, Highfields, Spinney Hills, Evington) 29.9% S. Asian
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Slough 27.9% S. Asian
Sources: British Asians - Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_UK_locations_with_large_ethnic_minority_populations