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London Crime Patterns 2023/24

The patterns of crime in London during the years 2023 and 2024.

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Jan 14, 2026
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Is London a terrible and dangerous place?

London is not, on current evidence, a uniformly “terrible and dangerous” city: its homicide rate fell in 2025 to the lowest in more than a decade and is lower than that of most large U.S. cities, a tr...

Jan 18, 2026
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Which London boroughs have the highest rates of violent crime and how have those rates changed over the last five years?

Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea and Hackney repeatedly appear among the London boroughs with the highest recorded crime burdens in recent compilations, driven by high volumes of theft, public‑place ...