Data for 2025 will be good news for the Met and the mayor Sadiq Khan as they bat away claims of a lawless city
Capital’s murder rate drops to lowest in more than a decade
The number of murders in London in 2025 is drawing attention for being the lowest in more than a decade. Mark Rowley, the Metropolitan police commissioner, and Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, say figures show their policies and plans are working, which are best summed up as tough on crime, tough on the complex causes of crime.
Has the Met turned a corner and can Khan shake off claims he presides over a city where crime is out of control?
Accurate homicide data held by the Met goes back to 1997, and the total number of murders in London last year was 97, the second lowest on record.
