London killings to hit 10-year high after 2018 total exceeds whole of 2017
6 years, 4 months ago

London killings to hit 10-year high after 2018 total exceeds whole of 2017

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Police say London’s situation is not unique in England and Wales, and have warned of “Wild West” violence sweeping the country as children as young as nine are found carrying knives. 17-year-old boy killed stabbed to death outside Clapham South tube station The capital’s current spate of murders started shortly after Britain’s most senior police officer claimed that levels of violence were starting to stabilise. On 2 November, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said: “I’m glad to say the figures have stopped going up and up as they have done in the last three years, they have plateaued and they are starting to come down.” She told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that violent crime, including terrorism, was her “number one priority”. On Monday, the home secretary admitted that police officer numbers were “an important part” of the fight against violent crime amid mounting calls to reverse years of funding cuts that have led to the loss of 20,000 police officers since 2010.

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Knife crime offences: What do the latest figures show?
2 months ago

Knife crime offences: What do the latest figures show?

The Independent  

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A list of mass killings in the United States this year
3 months ago

A list of mass killings in the United States this year

The Independent  

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A list of mass killings in the United States this year
4 months, 1 week ago

A list of mass killings in the United States this year

Associated Press  

The latest mass killing in the U.S. happened Sunday in Wichita, Kansas, after police found the bodies of four people and the suspected shooter inside three separate homes. IRONDEQUOIT, NEW YORK: Aug. 31 Four people were found dead after firefighters extinguished multiple blazes at a home in upstate New York, though authorities said they likely were killed by something else. …

A list of mass killings in the United States this year
4 months, 2 weeks ago

A list of mass killings in the United States this year

Associated Press  

The latest mass killing in the U.S. emerged Thursday when police investigating the deaths of a woman and her son in Duluth, Minnesota, discovered another woman and boy dead at a different home along with the man police suspected. IRONDEQUOIT, NEW YORK: Aug. 31 Four people were found dead after firefighters extinguished multiple blazes at a home in upstate New …

A list of mass killings in the United States this year
4 months, 2 weeks ago

A list of mass killings in the United States this year

The Independent  

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A list of mass killings in the United States this year
5 months ago

A list of mass killings in the United States this year

The Independent  

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Knife crime in London: What the latest figures show
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Knife crime in London: What the latest figures show

The Independent  

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Met Police shocked by increasing ‘ferocity’ of murders in London
1 year, 7 months ago

Met Police shocked by increasing ‘ferocity’ of murders in London

The Independent  

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United States sets a grim milestone with new record for the deadliest six months of mass killings
1 year, 8 months ago

United States sets a grim milestone with new record for the deadliest six months of mass killings

The Hindu  

The United States has registered 28 mass killings during the first six months of this year, according to a database maintained jointly by the Associated Press, USA Today and the Northeastern University. “The fact that there’s 28 in half a year is a staggering statistic.” But the chaos of the first six months of 2023 doesn’t automatically doom the last …

U.S. sets grim new record for the deadliest six months of mass killings
1 year, 8 months ago

U.S. sets grim new record for the deadliest six months of mass killings

LA Times  

A child cries on a bus leaving the Covenant School in Nashville following a mass shooting at the campus in March. “What a ghastly milestone,” said Brent Leatherwood, whose three children were in class at a private Christian school in Nashville when a former student killed three children and three adults March 27. “You never think your family would be …

US sets grim mass killings record in first half of 2023
1 year, 8 months ago

US sets grim mass killings record in first half of 2023

Al Jazeera  

Country endured 28 mass killings – a total of 140 victims – amid uptick in gun violence and calls by some for stricter laws. The United States saw a record of 28 mass killings in the first half of 2023, The Associated Press has reported, as policymakers struggle to curb gun violence across the country. “The fact that there’s 28 …

Four killed, two injured in Philadelphia mass shooting
1 year, 8 months ago

Four killed, two injured in Philadelphia mass shooting

Al Jazeera  

The suspect, a man believed to be aged 40, did not appear to have any connection to the victims, police said. Four people have been killed in a mass shooting in Philadelphia overnight and a suspect has been taken into custody, according to the local police, in the latest outbreak of gun violence in the United States. “At this point, …

Frequent shootings put US mass killings on a record pace
1 year, 10 months ago

Frequent shootings put US mass killings on a record pace

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Four people found shot to death in an RV in a small Mojave Desert community in California. Now the discovery of seven people found shot to death in rural Oklahoma is keeping the U.S. on a torrid pace for mass killings in 2023 and could push the number of people slain past 100 for the year. Outrage …

Frequent Shootings Put U.S. Mass Killings On A Record Pace
1 year, 11 months ago

Frequent Shootings Put U.S. Mass Killings On A Record Pace

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING LOS ANGELES — The U.S. is setting a record pace for mass killings in 2023, replaying the horror on a loop roughly once a week so far this year. Outrage doesn’t begin to describe how I feel.” The Parkland victims are among the 2,842 people who have died in mass killings in the U.S. since 2006, according …

Frequent shootings put U.S. mass killings on a record pace
1 year, 11 months ago

Frequent shootings put U.S. mass killings on a record pace

LA Times  

Students from a nearby school pay respects March 28 at a memorial for six people killed at the Covenant School in Nashville. Outrage doesn’t begin to describe how I feel.” The Parkland victims are among the 2,842 people who have died in mass killings in the U.S. since 2006, according to a database maintained by the AP and USA Today, …

Why fatal stabbings in England and Wales are at the highest level ever
2 years, 1 month ago

Why fatal stabbings in England and Wales are at the highest level ever

Firstpost  

London: Since record-keeping began more than 76 years ago, the number of death due to stabbings in England and Wales is at its highest level. According to data from the Office for National Statistics, knives or other sharp objects were used in 282 homicides committed in the year leading up to March 2022. The data suggests that this represents a …

Number of people killed with knife in England and Wales highest on record
2 years, 1 month ago

Number of people killed with knife in England and Wales highest on record

The Independent  

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‘When does this stop?’ For 2023, an alarmingly bloody start
2 years, 2 months ago

‘When does this stop?’ For 2023, an alarmingly bloody start

Associated Press  

In a country with more guns than people — and one emerging from three years of isolation, stress and infighting amid the pandemic — Americans are beginning 2023 with a steady barrage of mass slaughter. “When does this stop?” The carnage over eight days in California, where the dance hall victims Saturday night were among two dozen people killed in …

London: Over 13k incidents of knife attack in 12 months; Southwark, Westminster and Croydon: most dangerous streets
2 years, 2 months ago

London: Over 13k incidents of knife attack in 12 months; Southwark, Westminster and Croydon: most dangerous streets

Firstpost  

The same study looked at trends in gun crime in England and Wales and discovered that police recorded 5,976 firearm-related offences during the reporting period. This represented a 10% decrease in gun crime compared to pre-Covid levels in 2020 London: London has reportedly become the knife crime capital of the United Kingdom after data revealed that over 13,000 incidents were …

Police appeal over shooting of 18-year-old in London amid wave of violent crime
2 years, 7 months ago

Police appeal over shooting of 18-year-old in London amid wave of violent crime

The Independent  

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Three fatal shootings in six days in London
2 years, 7 months ago

Three fatal shootings in six days in London

The Independent  

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Good luck Eric! NYC murders close-in on 500 - the highest number in a DECADE
3 years, 2 months ago

Good luck Eric! NYC murders close-in on 500 - the highest number in a DECADE

Daily Mail  

As lame duck Mayor Bill de Blasio departs Gracie Mansion on Friday and incoming Mayor Eric Adams takes the gig, he has a lot of work to do to slow the city's crime wave. Murders have gone up in New York City each of the last three years, with numbers hitting a 10-year high in 2021 Crime overall has gone …

Homicides in 22 US cities continue to rise in 2021 but at a slower pace, report says
3 years, 4 months ago

Homicides in 22 US cities continue to rise in 2021 but at a slower pace, report says

CNN  

CNN — The number of homicides in the United States continued to rise in the first three quarters of 2021, but at a slower pace, one year after a record increase in murders that followed George Floyd’s killing, according to the latest quarterly report published Monday by the Council on Criminal Justice. Aggravated assaults – assaults committed with a deadly …

The United States homicide rate continues to soar in 2021. Why?
3 years, 4 months ago

The United States homicide rate continues to soar in 2021. Why?

Al Jazeera  

‘Shock to the system’ from COVID-19, George Floyd protests, rising gun crime, poverty and racism are seen as root causes. “It’s sort of a perfect storm.” Floyd, an unarmed Black man, was killed while being arrested by Minneapolis police on May 25, 2020. In Houston, the US’s fourth-largest city, police have tracked 339 homicides so far this year, an increase …

London ‘on track’ for worst year of teen killings
3 years, 9 months ago

London ‘on track’ for worst year of teen killings

The Independent  

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One man shot and teenagers stabbed in night of violence in London
3 years, 9 months ago

One man shot and teenagers stabbed in night of violence in London

The Independent  

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Covid was England's biggest killer in 2020 and accounted for one in eight deaths, ONS data shows
4 years, 2 months ago

Covid was England's biggest killer in 2020 and accounted for one in eight deaths, ONS data shows

Daily Mail  

Coronavirus was the leading cause of death in England last year and accounted for one in eight fatalities, official data has revealed. Dementia and Alzheimer's were the second biggest killers in England in 2020, claiming 66,060 lives, while heart disease was behind 51,979 deaths. Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi was bullish about the longer date in a round of interviews this …

LA hits 300th murder of the year for the first time in more than a decade
4 years, 4 months ago

LA hits 300th murder of the year for the first time in more than a decade

The Independent  

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The history of violence in more than half of men who killed women in Britain
5 years, 1 month ago

The history of violence in more than half of men who killed women in Britain

The Independent  

More than half of the female victims of killings in 2018 were attacked by men with a history of violence towards women, a chilling report has found. Karen Ingala Smith, chief executive of Nia, the charity behind the census which delivers services for women and children who have experienced male violence, said: “There is a high degree of normalisation of …

Knife crimes soared to new record high in 2019 - up seven per cent
5 years, 2 months ago

Knife crimes soared to new record high in 2019 - up seven per cent

Daily Mail  

Knife crime in England and Wales hit a record high in the year to September, up by 7 per cent on the previous 12 months. Figures from the Crime Survey for England and Wales, also released today alongside the police recorded statistics, showed continued rises in overall fraud, with a 9 per cent increase - to 3.8 million offences - …

London stabbings: Three men murdered in 12 hours of violence
5 years, 3 months ago

London stabbings: Three men murdered in 12 hours of violence

The Independent  

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Hillingdon stabbing: Two fatal knife attacks in London in space of two hours
5 years, 5 months ago

Hillingdon stabbing: Two fatal knife attacks in London in space of two hours

The Independent  

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London stabbing: Teenager becomes fourth person to die during weekend of violence in capital
5 years, 8 months ago

London stabbing: Teenager becomes fourth person to die during weekend of violence in capital

The Independent  

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Stabbings and murders plummet in London as Met commissioner hails stop and search
5 years, 10 months ago

Stabbings and murders plummet in London as Met commissioner hails stop and search

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Metropolitan Police commissioner Cressida Dick said the reduction was …

Police budget cuts blamed as fatal stabbings hit highest number on record in England and Wales
6 years, 1 month ago

Police budget cuts blamed as fatal stabbings hit highest number on record in England and Wales

The Independent  

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London crime: Homicides in capital hit 10-year high in 2018 after 134 people killed
6 years, 2 months ago

London crime: Homicides in capital hit 10-year high in 2018 after 134 people killed

The Independent  

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London stabbings: Two people knifed to death in first six hours of 2019
6 years, 2 months ago

London stabbings: Two people knifed to death in first six hours of 2019

The Independent  

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London killings hit 10-year high as man stabbed to death in Haringey
6 years, 3 months ago

London killings hit 10-year high as man stabbed to death in Haringey

The Independent  

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Man in his 30s stabbed multiple times in Croydon as capital's wave of bloodshed continues
6 years, 6 months ago

Man in his 30s stabbed multiple times in Croydon as capital's wave of bloodshed continues

Daily Mail  

A man in his 30s was stabbed in south London this evening in the latest knife attack to hit the capital. His condition is not currently known and no arrests have been made London recently suffered its 100th homicide since the start of this year, of which nearly three in five have been stabbings. Amid heightened concern about rising levels …

‘Feral’ knife attacks where victims stabbed multiple times driving up London murder rate, police warn
6 years, 8 months ago

‘Feral’ knife attacks where victims stabbed multiple times driving up London murder rate, police warn

The Independent  

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Man stabbed to death near north London tube station leads police to launch capital's 74th murder investigation of the year
6 years, 9 months ago

Man stabbed to death near north London tube station leads police to launch capital's 74th murder investigation of the year

The Independent  

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Teenage boy and woman shot in London amid calls to tackle violent crime wave
6 years, 9 months ago

Teenage boy and woman shot in London amid calls to tackle violent crime wave

The Independent  

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Dying man called out for family after being stabbed in west London
6 years, 9 months ago

Dying man called out for family after being stabbed in west London

The Independent  

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Why is knife crime increasing in England and Wales?
6 years, 10 months ago

Why is knife crime increasing in England and Wales?

The Independent  

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Knife crime in England and Wales increases by largest margin ever, reveal official figures
6 years, 10 months ago

Knife crime in England and Wales increases by largest margin ever, reveal official figures

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Knife crime rocketed by 22 …

London's year of knife carnage: The 55 victims of 2018 murders
6 years, 11 months ago

London's year of knife carnage: The 55 victims of 2018 murders

Daily Mail  

Here is a full list of the homicide investigations carried out by the Metropolitan Police this year. Right, Dami Odeyingbo, 18, was stabbed in Bromley on January 9 Elizabeta Lacatusu, 44, was found bleeding to death on Norfolk Road, in Ilford, after she had her throat slashed on January 3 FEBRUARY - 16 deaths 3 February, Kwabena Nelson, 22: Ambushed …

Pictured: The 49 lives taken so far on streets of London in 2018
6 years, 11 months ago

Pictured: The 49 lives taken so far on streets of London in 2018

Daily Mail  

A surge in gangland murders have seen bloodshed on the streets of London with dozens of lives claimed already this year. Right, Dami Odeyingbo, 18, was stabbed in Bromley on January 9 Elizabeta Lacatusu, 44, was found bleeding to death on Norfolk Road, in Ilford, after she had her throat slashed on January 3 FEBRUARY - Fifteen deaths 3 February, …

Is London's murder rate really worse than New York's?
6 years, 11 months ago

Is London's murder rate really worse than New York's?

The Independent  

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London murder rate higher than New York for first time: Officials
6 years, 11 months ago

London murder rate higher than New York for first time: Officials

Hindustan Times  

The number of murders being investigated by Scotland Yard in London has surpassed New York for the first time, according to latest figures released for February and March. Fifteen people were murdered in the UK capital in February and 23 in March compared to 14 and 21 respectively in New York, a city with a similar population size. Croydon Central …

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