London's murder rate has reached the lowest level since records began almost three decades ago, and is below many comparable international cities, figures released by the city’s authorities show.
There were 97 murders in 2025, an 11 per cent decrease compared with 2024 and the lowest total since 2014. The Met said this was the “lowest since records began”, when the current recording system began in 1997.
The UK capital’s homicide rate now stands at 1.1 per 100,000 people, a rate lower than any other British city and below many comparable global cities.
These include New York (2.8), Berlin (3.2), Milan (1.6) a
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