Early figures from the Mayor of London’s office shows the dramatic decrease in homicides recorded across June, July and August.

It should be noted that figures for August 2025 are provisional and are still subject to change.

However, at this stage it still indicates just how much homicides have changed over recent years.

In fact, the figures show that so far there were no under-25 homicides recorded in the capital during the school summer holiday period.

Homicides this year

Throughout the whole of this year so far, there have been 10 under-25 murders reported, which is down by 16 from this stage last year.

Four of which have been teenage murders, which is down by five compared to stage last year.

In total, 58 homicides have been reported this year, again down by 20 from this stage l

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