It has been dubbed the “great crime paradox” – why Londoners may not feel safer despite the capital’s murder rate being at a historic low. Last week, London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan hailed the falling ...

‘Protecting a shared view of reality of London is crucial – we’re all entitled to our own opinions but not our own facts,’ says Professor Bobby Duffy London is far safer than it is widely perceived to ...

LONDON — London’s mayor and police chief on Thursday used a drop in recorded street crime to reassure tourists the city is safe and counter an online narrative depicting Britain’s capital as a lawless ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LONDON (AP) — London's murder rate fell in 2025 to its lowest level in decades, officials said Monday. Mayor Sadiq Khan said the ...

Rising numbers of houses and flats listed as short-term lets on Airbnb are associated with higher rates of crimes such as burglaries and street robberies right across London, according to the most ...

Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan said the study was "a sad indictment of the volume of misinformation" People are overestimating how much crime takes place in London and how unsafe residents feel, according to ...

More than 13,000 knife related offences have been recorded by the Metropolitan Police officers across the capital in the past year The figures, taken from the Met’s monthly crime data statistics, show ...

Wherever you look, from social-media snippets to politicians’ soundbites, the story is the same: London is done for. On its arse economically, socially divided and battered by a crimewave of ...

Smaller urban areas across England are witnessing a surge in gang-related crime, with towns like Middlesbrough recording crime rates that now exceed those of London. Entrenched economic deprivation, ...

Latest research has revealed a “positive association” between the number of properties listed as Airbnb rentals and police-reported robberies and violent crimes in thousands of London neighbourhoods ...