A TikTok-inspired looting incident in London last month prompted concerns about the levels of safety and crime in the city, with data indicating that while some violent crimes have dropped, much ...

Sir Sadiq Khan has admitted there is a "long way to go" when it comes to fighting crime in London, despite figures suggesting a potential drop in some serious offences. The mayor says new City Hall ...

Knife crime in London has surged by nearly 60 per cent in the past three years, new analysis has revealed. The research found that in 2024, one small area of around 20 streets in London’s West End ...

Since its founding in 2008, the short-term homestay platform Airbnb has expanded to 100,000 cities in more than 220 countries, and, according to data from the company, 1.5 billion guests had stayed in ...

Mayor Sadiq Khan’s claim that mobile phone thefts were drivers behind knife crime in London insulted various British commentators online ahead of the new year. Khan appeared on Sky News Sunday where ...

A misleading list of statistics relating to crimes in London has been shared online as part of criticism of the city’s mayor to suggest shooting incidents have exponentially risen in the UK capital.

About 80,000 phones were stolen in the British capital last year. The police are finally discovering where many of them went. By Lizzie Dearden and Amelia Nierenberg Reporting from London Sirens ...

An ad for the British Conservative mayoral candidate showed terrified commuters running. But they were not in London. They were in Penn Station, responding to false reports of gunfire in 2017. By ...

The mayor of London has hit back at politicians "spreading misinformation" about safety in the capital, as new data, external indicated the number of violent crimes had fallen in every borough over ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Knife crime rose 8% to a record in England and Wales last year, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said on Thursday, as major cities like London try to tackle a surge in ...