Met Police and Sadiq Khan hail lowest homicide rates since 2014

Homicide in London has fallen to its lowest level in more than a decade, new figures released by the Metropolitan Police show.

The force said 97 homicides were recorded in 2025, the lowest figure since 2014, at a rate of 1.1 per 100,000 people, lower than New York (2.8), Berlin (3.2) and Milan (1.6).

It is the lowest homicide figure in London on record, once population is taken into account, the Met said.

Teenage homicide, which hit record levels in 2021 when 30 young people lost their lives, has also dropped to the lowest level since 2012, with eight teenagers killed last year.

The figures released by the Met come as the latest crime figures for England and Wales…