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"Sharp jump in homicides and violent crime in London"
Do You Think The Mayor of London Is Doing a Good Job?
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cobweb
Sharp jump in homicides and violent crime in London
Politicians and police chiefs left scrambling to respond to public anger
Forensic officers search a murder scene in Tottenham, north London, earlier this month © PAApril 26, 2018 4:45 pm by David Bond in LondonThere was a 44 per cent rise in the number of homicides in London last year as violent crime rose across the UK, putting more pressure on the government to rethink cuts that critics say have hollowed out the police.
There were 157 homicides in the UK capital in the 12 months to March, up from 109 in the previous year. The increase can be partly explained by last year’s terror attacks at Westminster Bridge, London Bridge and Finsbury Park, which resulted in eight deaths.
The Metropolitan Police also recorded a 21 per cent increase in knife crime and a near 36 per cent rise in robberies.
Nationwide, knife crime rose 22 per cent in the calendar year to December 2017, according to the Office for National Statistics, and homicides rose 9 per cent. Sexual offences were up 11 per cent and rape cases increased by more than 18 per cent.
There was no change in the number of fraud cases, however, at 3.2m, and there was a 28 per cent decrease in crime committed through the misuse of computers.
The spate of violent crime in London, which has seen a series of stabbingsand murders since the start of 2018, has left politicians and police chiefs scrambling to respond to public outrage.
In February, Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, announced an extra £59m of annual funding for the Met, some of which will be used to fund a 120-strong violent crime task force.
On Thursday, Mr Khan sought to frame the sharp jump in violent crime in London as part of a wider trend. “This is a national problem that urgently needs national solutions from the government,” he said.
Martin Hewitt, the Met’s assistant commissioner, said London’s police force “continues to experience a very busy and challenging time against the backdrop of significant reductions in resources”.
Flowers and tributes left for 18-year-old Israel Ogunsola in Hackney, east London, this month © EPADespite the concerns, the Home Office said overall crime levels across the country were “stable”.
Crime has been falling since its peak in the mid 1990s and even in London, the 157 homicides in 2017/18 were some way below the 205 recorded in 2003/04.
But officials acknowledged that there has been a shift in the past two years, particularly in London and other large cities.
Both Mr Khan and Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the opposition Labour party, have portrayed the recent increase in knife crime and murders as a consequence of the Conservative government’s austerity programme. Mr Khan has said that the Met has had to find £600m of savings in recent years and faces further cutbacks.
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According to the latest Home Office statistics, there were 121,929 police officers in the 43 police forces in England and Wales at the end of last September — the lowest number of officers since comparable records began in 1996.
The increased focus on counter terror policing in a year when London and Manchester were hit by five separate attacks which resulted in 36 innocent deaths is also likely to have placed resources under pressure.
Tom Gash, from University College London, said: “Counter terrorism is the only area where budgets have been protected. At the same time neighbourhood policing has been cut and it’s likely that has had an impact.”
Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Ian Hopkins said the recent loss of 2,000 police officers from his own force was having a real impact on the public.
“Quite simply we are having to prioritise those incidents where the greatest harm is caused more than ever before,” he said
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jookbeard
I live in London, its a very very dangerous city, we have a crime wave of moped gang robberies skyrocketing, postcode gang murders at the highest in Europe and Operation Trident dealing with black gun crime constantly ongoing, anyone liking or thinking this useless waste of space Sadiq Khan is doing a good job come and live here for a few months and come back and give me your answer, some of the teen gang murders just beggar belief, a "hit" can be put out on a young teen just because they may have made an Instagram or Snapchat comment that could have been considered disrespectful, its reality.
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blownaway
He is a Muslim and is putting on a face of equality for all. London has fallen and Islam is winning by immigration what they could not win by force. Libtards are handing them the keys to the castle. Kahn is a douche nozzle.
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LoveUniHateExams
Both Mr Khan and Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the opposition Labour party, have portrayed the recent increase in knife crime and murders as a consequence of the Conservative government’s austerity programme - for years, MPs such as Corbyn and Khan have labelled the Met police force racist and done likewise with stop & search.
And now they're whining about austerity. They want more 'racist' police?
And what would they want these 'racist' police to do, surely not 'racist' stop & search?
Austerity may be a factor.
Stop & search was abandoned in 2010 (except for use on terrorist suspects), so this has to be a factor.
It would be interesting to break down violent crimes in London by ethnicity.
Typically, both the victims and perpetrators are black.
Areas of London have a big problem with gangs. Some gangs are divided off from each other according to post codes. If a teenager walks on the 'wrong' side of a street, he'll end up being beaten up or stabbed.
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westiebilly11
Watching Piers Morgan the other morning heavily criticizing Sadiq Khan, it occurred to me that perhaps it's time for Piers ( and others) to put their money where their mouth is and run for Mayor. Let's see what they'd do differently....It's easy to criticize and find fault...it's another thing to offer a solution.
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cobweb
Its worth bearing in mind that Trump has had issues with London before Sadiq came to office 2 years ago. This is what Boris Johnson said in response to him when he was mayor in 2015
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snare&racket
If you truly believe SK is responsible for moped attacks or than his ethnicity & beliefs have contributed at all/ more than the £700,000,000 cuts in 8 years..... then there is no conversation to be had for me.
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LoveUniHateExams
If you truly believe SK is responsible for moped attacks or than his ethnicity & beliefs have contributed at all/ more than the £700,000,000 cuts in 8 years..... then there is no conversation to be had for me - well, yes because that's not the conversation of this thread.
The conversation of this thread involves answering the question: do you think the mayor of London is doing a good job?
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LV101
Good to know we have residents onboard here for updates -- I want to return to the Connaught/London area - actually had great time staying in business hotels, also. What a city! Didn't have enough time last trip so I'll yell out for updates unless plans are set in stone and I can't take reality.
They can't continue to allow this crazy to go on.
