London Killings In 2018

How homicides in the capital rose to a decade high.

Last year 135 people were murdered or unlawfully killed in London – the highest total since 2008. Many of the victims were teenagers or in their twenties and most were stabbed.

Of the 132 victims of homicide in London last year for whom data is available, 76 were stabbed, 15 were shot and 41 were killed by other means. Every borough bar Harrow, Sutton and Bexley saw at least one killing.

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