US EditionLondon Police Action Cuts Homicides to Lowest Since 2014
London recorded 97 homicides in 2025, the lowest since 2014, with a 36% drop from 2019 and a homicide rate of 1.1 per 100,000, credited to targeted police actions and prevention programs.
- Last year, the Metropolitan Police recorded 97 homicides in London, the lowest on record, with a homicide rate of 1.1 per 100,000, according to Scotland Yard.
- Using targeted operations, Rowley credited a mix of policing and prevention, citing 550,000 interventions by the Violence Reduction Unit and 21,231 gang dismantlements.
- In 2025, teenage murders fell to eight, a 73% reduction since 2021, while police seized 676 firearms and 2,894 knives from London streets.
- Public confidence measures show 81% of Londoners rate the Metropolitan Police as doing a good or fair job, despite a vetting review exposing 131 staff misconduct cases and a £260 million budget shortfall.
- Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan said many have tried to talk London down, but the evidence shows progress, and violence-reduction leaders vow to continue prevention and operational focus.
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Pop NewsNumber of London Homicides Falls to 11-year Low Equating to Record Lowest Homicide Rate Ever
Homicides in London have fallen to a decade low of 97 during the year just ended, a Metropolitan Police report revealed. At a rate of 1.1 per 100,000 people, it’s lower than New York (2.8), Berlin (3.2) and Milan (1.6), according to the BBC. When measured in this way, it’s also the lowest homicide rate […] The post Number of London Homicides Falls to 11-year Low Equating to Record Lowest Homicide Rate Ever appeared first on Good News Network.
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By JILL LAWLESS LONDON (AP) — London’s homicide rate fell to its lowest level in decades in 2025, officials said Monday, as Mayor Sadiq Khan stressed that the figures refute claims made by U.S. President Donald Trump and others on the political right that crime is out of control in the British capital. Police recorded 97 homicides in the city in 2025, down from 109 in 2024 and the lowest figure since 2014. The Metropolitan Police said the rate p…
London’s homicide rate is at a record low as mayor says it disproves Trump’s ‘dystopian’ claims
London’s murder rate fell in 2025 to its lowest level in decades, officials said Monday. Mayor Sadiq Khan said the figures disprove claims spread by U.S. President Donald Trump and others on the political right that crime is out of control in Britain’s capital.
London sees record-low murders in 2025
London saw its lowest murder rate on record last year, countering a right-wing narrative that the city is dangerous. In 2025, 97 people were murdered, 1.1 per 100,000 inhabitants; for comparison, New York City, which has seen a huge decline in violent crime since the 1990s, has a homicide rate of 2.8/100,000. London’s police commissioner said it was “an extraordinarily safe global city,” expressing frustration with the “crazily polarized debate”…
The murder rate in London has reached its lowest rate in ten years, indicating an improvement in security in the city.
On the ground with London police serious violence squad
The Metropolitan Police says serious violent crime is falling in London – but they are battling to be heard over public fear and a powerful online narrative claiming that crime is spiralling out of control. Amid the widespread misinformation, Channel 4 News has been given rare and exclusive access inside the Met units which tackle homicide, knife and gun crime over two months to examine what’s really happening on the ground.
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