https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/knife-crime-hits-record-with-42-offences-a-day-a4422021.htmlKnife crime was committed in London at a rate more than double the national average last year as offences in the capital involving bladed weapons reached record levels.
The Office for National Statistics reported a five per cent rise in overall knife crime in the capital during 2019.
Knife killings also rose, with 87 such homicides in London over the 12-month period. That was 10 more than in 2018 and amounted to a 13 per cent rise.
Today’s figures also show knife crime in London was happening at more than twice the rate elsewhere in the country, with 174 offences per 100,000 residents in the capital. That compares with an average for England and Wales of 81 offences per 100,000 population.
A total of 15,492 knife crimes, not including possession offences, were recorded in the capital, equating to 42 a day. The total, a record high, included 9,759 knife-point robberies, 143 rapes or sexual assaults with a blade, and 4,573 assaults involving a knife.
Digest these figures for a second. 87 people died in London last year specifically as a result of a knife wound. A total of 15,492 knife crimes in a year. And that does not include simple possession which is the most numerous offence. So in 15,492 cases someone used a knife to attack someone in just London alone. That is truly frightening.