It’s been another grim month for London with crime all across the capital. The violent month has seen deaths, gunfire, stabbings, and rapes.

The violence wasn’t concentrated to one part of London. Despite the bleak news, the latest figures from May 2024 to April 2025 showed a three per cent drop in violent crime across the capital compared to the same period during the previous year.

This is a drop of around 257,000 incidents. National statistics show that while overall murders and gun incidents have fallen, offences involving knives or sharp articles have seen slight increases - about two per cent year‑on‑year up to December 2024. London-specific initiatives, such as its Violence Reduction Unit, have supported reductions in youth reoffending and homicide rates.

Shepherd’s Bush attack

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