This year, London has seen over 100 fatal homicides, marking the sixth consecutive year that this doleful milestone has been reached. So an immediate question which springs to the mind is what are the causes for such towering crime rates in London when the rest of the UK has seen homicides fall for the first time in five years?
Many youths are enclosed in a toxic living environment throughout their years as a child with five London boroughs having a child poverty rate above 40% in 2018. Coronavirus has caused the government to limit expenditure in all areas meaning that children are not receiving the support and advice they need to live a healthy life. Austerity has been a massive cause to such hard living environments as schools, neighbourhoods and even homes can become noxious environments for children.