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London is fantastically safe

The Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has described London as a “fantastically safe” city.

Alongside mayor of London Sadiq Khan, the commissioner met Box Up Crime founder Stephen Addison, who set up the club to provide vulnerable young people with a community and a path away from crime.

Sir Mark said:

London is a fantastically safe global city. Of course no city’s perfect, but if you look at crime rates… it’s a safe place to live and work and enjoy yourself.

In figures reported by Statista, there were 124 reported homicide offences recorded by the police in London between April 2021 and March 2022, with 119 reported in 2020/21.

Over the previous seven years there have been 885 homicide offences recorded, with 159 of those happening between April 2017 and March 2018.

The website also reports that knives are the weapon of choice in the capital, with knife crime offences rising in London from 9.7 thousand in 2015/16 to 15.59 thousand by 2019/20.

The total number of homicides recorded under Home Office Counting Rules (HOCR) for 2022 is 109, which is 17 percent down on 2021, the Met said.

Nine homicides were gun enabled in 2022, which was a 25 percent fall and the lowest figure since 2014.

A total of 69 homicides were knife enabled, which was a 17 percent reduction and equal to the pre-pandemic figure for 2019.

https://www.gbnews.uk/news/police-chief-claims-london-is-fantastically-safe-despite-885-murders-in-last-seven-years/419060

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Nine homicides were gun enabled in 2022, which was a 25 percent fall and the lowest figure since 2014.
A total of 69 homicides were knife enabled, which was a 17 percent reduction and equal to the pre-pandemic figure for 2019.

Ножи вроде как уже запретили, надо разрешить огнестрел, судя по статитстике.

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