Mayoral election: Key questions Sadiq Khan faces on London’s violent crime problem Martin Bentham UP NEXT
That’s already more than half the 15 who were killed in similar manner in 2020 and a rate of killing that, if continued, will take this year’s total well past the 26 teenage homicides of 2019.
They’re depressing figures, and although murder rates are not the only measure of Sadiq Khan’s success or failure in his job of making London a safer place, they’re also not the only disappointing statistics from his time.
Knife crime overall for example has been at or near record levels for much of his mayoralty with around 15,000 offences per year, until a slight dip since the Covid lockdowns helped bring street crime down.
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