London crime wave

Thirty-nine people have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a man was stabbed in West London on New Year’s Eve.

London’s Metropolitan Police are considering sending officers on patrol in gang-related residential areas, with their guns on show, amid the city’s on-going violent crime wave.

This year is likely to be the worst in nearly a decade for children killed by knife attacks, with 35 already murdered in 2018.

A man filmed attacking a car with a large ‘zombie knife’ on London’s streets has been spared jail, sparking outrage and leading to the case being referred to the Attorney General.

Police have hit back at Labour Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott after she attacked officers for knocking dangerous moped criminals off their bikes, accusing them of acting “above the law.”

The chairman of London’s Metropolitan Police Federation, Ken Marsh, has said that the country’s routinely unarmed police may let violent suspects go if the public does not step in to help.

A woman was struck over the head with a machete less than four hours after another woman was stabbed to death in south-east London as a violent crime wave in the capital continues.

Prominent Labour MPs have spoken out against reports that Britain will expand the use of stop and search amidst rising knife violence, blasting the police tactic as “racist”.

A young man is in “critical” condition after being stabbed in a north London Costa Coffee in broad daylight.

A 98-year-old decorated Second World War hero is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a “brutal and senseless” robbery.

London Children are most at risk of being stabbed as they leave school, new research indicates, prompting calls for new measures to protect youngsters. 

London police have launched their fifth murder investigation in a week, after a 16-year-old boy died in a suspected stabbing, and extra officers were taken off leave and deployed to the streets.

A violent London gang which terrorised businesses with a fake handgun, hammer, and samurai sword in a campaign of “frightening armed robberies” has been jailed.

UK police risk becoming “irrelevant” to many people as they fail to investigate huge numbers of reports and bring a “shockingly-low number of charges” for some crimes, despite the number of reported crimes rising steeply, MPs have said.

A teenager has been stabbed to death in South London on Monday evening in suspected gang-related “hit.”

A farther and community activist has been allegedly beaten and stabbed to death by a gang on his London estate after reportedly confronting local drug dealers during London’s violent crime wave.

A man has been arrested for dangerous driving after a Mercedes carrying a gunshot victim crashed into pedestrians and parked cars in West London.

The number of times London’s Metropolitan Police resorted to using force has surged 79 percent in just months, as the capital’s crime wave takes hold.

Two young men have been arrested after four police officers were attacked in London, with two suffering stab wounds and one in hospital in a serious condition.

There has been mass panic and a “stampede” after a man was stabbed in broad daylight on a London train, by an attacker allegedly screaming “I will kill you” whilst brandishing a 12-inch blade.

A new London police ‘Violent Crime Taskforce’ has had a busy debut few months, making a massive 1,350 arrests since the team was formed in April.

A teenager has died and two more injured after a deadly shooting in east London, sparking a murder probe and continuing London’s bloody crime wave.

Police have launched a murder investigation relating to the second London knife attack in just one night, days after Mayor Sadiq Khan announced plans to treat violence in the capital as a “public health” issue.

A man has been slain with a “large knife” in London after battling in the street with a man who had allegedly attempted to steal his phone.

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced a new “public health” approach to tackling violent crime in the capital, whilst admitting the surge in violent crime in the city will not be solved “overnight”.

Sadiq Khan has spoken out to demand a second referendum on Brexit, as the London Mayor battles sinking poll numbers against the backdrop of a deadly crime wave in the capital.

As Mayor Sadiq Khan’s popularity plunged this week amidst an epidemic of violence in the capital, new figures from London’s Air Ambulance revealed gun and knife casualties now make up the largest share of emergencies.

The London Mayor is to shift 122 officers from transport to a violent crime unit, as the capital’s crime wave continues.

The London Mayor’s approval rating has slumped to its lowest level on record after a summer of surging violence in the capital, crashing to just a fifth of its previous level a few months ago.

A 37-year-old man was stabbed repeatedly at a Grime music awards ceremony at the Hammersmith Apollo theatre, west London.