London Assembly Committee publishes report on approaches to tackling violent crime

Friday, 8 October 2021 00:01

25 teenagers have been killed in London in the first nine months of 2021. The Metropolitan Police fears this tragic figure, which is nearly twice last year’s 14 teenage homicides, could exceed the previous high of 2008, when 28 youths were killed in the capital[1]. Earlier this year the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee launched an investigation into violent crime in our city, following concerns incidents would increase as lockdown restrictions were...Request free trial