London murder rates are falling, despite weekend of bloodshed and Trump tweets

Analysis: A spate of stabbings has sparked alarm, but figures suggest that violence is falling in London overall, writes Lizzie Dearden

Monday 17 June 2019 19:38 BST
Police and forensics officers at the scene of a stabbing in east London
Police and forensics officers at the scene of a stabbing in east London

The murders of four people in four days in London has put knife crime in the international spotlight, with Donald Trump among high-profile figures raising the alarm over the spate of violence.

Sensationalist responses have seen London labelled “stab city” and a “battlefield”, but statistics do not support the hysteria.

As of Monday, 59 people had been killed in London in 2019, compared with 78 by the same date last year.

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