London's rising Murder Rate

Well i no longer visit London and much as i can i try not to let my last visit colour my view of the city though I'm not sure i mange that too well and the people who have moved here confirm many of my thoughts about London. As for where i live no not very safe at all violent assaults and sexual assaults are siginificantly higher almost happening 2 or 3 times a week as opposed to the past it was a six monthly or annual problem.


and when teenagers are talking about how easy it is to ensure no police coverage while upto no good it doesn't enhance a feeling of safety. Given we're a town of 50k plus and at best only have 2 police officers covering both the town and outlying villages at night not really a surprise the local bad element take advantage.

[Itshim]

I will throw this out there (and it said to me by an African American) .Black life's matter except to other blacks. He was real angry when he saw the story of the girl killed London.strangly he never has ,as far as l know commented about killings in Louisiana!

So, let's continue the discussion about London here shall we.. I remember posting this thread not that long ago about it's rising murder rate... the numbers of murders in London, have grown since the threads inception.

Has London got worse under Sadiq Khan - I sure as hell think it has! Yet the childish mayor spends far too much time getting political and is diplomatically shaming it with puerile protests, when he should be getting his own house in order.

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Stabbings in London are at their highest level in six years, a 23 % rise from the previous year.

So far in 2018 there have been 1,296 stabbings in London up to the end of April, according to official statistics from the Met Police.

Overall, looking at the UK as a whole, crime has fallen in England and Wales, consistent with the general trend since the mid 90s.

Source: ONS / Met Police.

[Stephen]

If the murder or incident rate has gone up it's due to the behaviour of those involved and more people carrying weapons.

It has nothing at all to do with who is currently Mayor of London.

Originally Posted by Stephen

It has nothing at all to do with who is currently Mayor of London.

Yes it has, very much so.

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https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/04/...nyone-noticed/

Sadiq Khan is a lousy London Mayor. Why hasn’t anyone noticed?

Outside the realm of the press release and the TV interview, Khan is underachieving badly

According to people at City Hall, Sadiq Khan writes some of his own press releases. I can believe it: they’ve certainly become a lot more excitable since he took over. I like to imagine the Mayor of London, late at night, combing the thesaurus for fresh superlatives to bugle his ‘unprecedented programme of far-reaching improvements’ for the taxi trade (allowing black cabs in more bus lanes) or his ‘bold package of measures’ to revive street markets (creating a London Markets Board and an interactive map). One release even panted that Khan had ‘personally scrutinised’ the New Year’s Eve fireworks display ‘to make the acclaimed event the most exciting yet’.

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The same pattern applies in most other mayoral policy areas: big promises, followed by things going inexorably backwards. Crime is up by 12 per cent since he took office, with a far bigger rise in murders. February and March were the first months in history when London homicides exceeded New York’s. On transport, Khan claimed that he could ‘both freeze fares and invest record amounts modernising London’s transport infrastructure’. Fares have, in fact, only been frozen for some travellers. But the impact (together with a cut in government grant) has still left Transport for London so short of money that it can no longer pay the interest on its debts.

[Stephen]

What has press releases got to do with crime?

If more young folk are choosing to carry knives and other weapons, there for causing more crime I don't personally see that being Khan' s fault. He has no impact on who stabs who.

Originally Posted by Stephen

What has press releases got to do with crime?

If more young folk are choosing to carry knives and other weapons, there for causing more crime I don't personally see that being Khan' s fault. He has no impact on who stabs who.

It has a lot to bloody do with it. Especially, um seeing as the press release mentions Crime increasing under Khan and other under achievements under him, he is a crap mayor, too busy playing politics when he needs to get to grips with London!

Hopefully he will not be re-elected.

[Stephen]

Any factual statistics or evidence of this?

So by that statement is Trump responsible for all gun crime since taking up office? No didn't think so.

I posted figures from ONS in an earlier post, can’t you read?

But more to the point... Why does everything have to be about Trump?

It is not so stop bringing him in to everything. It’s getting pathetic.

[Stephen]

Can't I read?!?! Less of the personal attacks. Yes I can read thanks. However currently I can't really see too well due to having an eye operation a few days ago.

Trump is relevant that is why I brought him into this.

Asking if you can read is not a personal attack, it’s a genuine question, given you are asking for figures when I have already posted them. I’m also not to know when you have had eye ops either. I’m also perplexed as what Trump has to do with London still.

Apparently Sadiq Khan’s pernicious influence affects other cities as well...

Manchester knife crime up 34% in the last year.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co...entre-14809242

And he’s also causing problems in Sheffield...

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...crime-killings

[Mr K]

Originally Posted by Hugh

Apparently Sadiq Khan’s pernicious influence affects other cities as well...

Manchester knife crime up 34% in the last year.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co...entre-14809242

And he’s also causing problems in Sheffield...

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...crime-killings

The Govt. of the day, and big cuts in policing, might have some responsility. There is little chance of being caught or challenged if you carry a knife. This problem is countrywide and will be worse in cities.

[Stephen]

As I stated knife crime is going up in many places.

It has nothing to do with Khan.

Originally Posted by Mr K

The Govt. of the day, and big cuts in policing, might have some responsility. There is little chance of being caught or challenged if you carry a knife. This problem is countrywide and will be worse in cities.