London’s surge in violent crime

Social media posts are being blamed for a surge in knife and gun crime across London, leading to claims that the British capital has overtaken New York City for murders for the first time in modern history

Social media makes street violence “more likely” – Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick


Annual homicides	London 	New York City

600
500     534 515 414 
400 471	
300		    332 328 352 334 
200                                 290   53*
100 136	123 121  89  86  94 119 109 134   45*
0	09  10   11  12  13  14  15  16 17 18 

*Jan-Mar 2018: Of 45 murders in London, 29 have been committed with knives


Jan 18 8 
Feb 14 15
Mar 21 22


Source: Metropolitan Police (London), NYPD, Reuters 
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