London Murder Rate Overtakes New York City Despite Very Tough Gun Laws. Time To Ban KNIVES?

A spike in violent crime in London saw more murders committed in the city in February and March than there were in New York, figures show. So far in 2018, the Met Police has investigated 46 murders, compared with 50 in the US city. But, while New York's murder rate decreased from the end of January, London's rose markedly from that point. Ex-Met Police Ch Supt Leroy Logan says it is proof that "London's violent traits have become a virus". Statistics from the New York Police Department (NYPD) and the Metropolitan Police, reported in the Sunday Times and obtained by the BBC, highlight narrowing murder rates between the two cities, which have similar population sizes. City Hall says it is "deeply concerned" by knife crime in the capital, but, along with the Met Police, insists London "remains one of the safest [cities] in the world". The Met Police has launched 44 murder investigations in 2018, 31 of which have been as a result of stabbings. The deaths of 47-year-old Laura Cecilia Navarrete De Figueira, from Twickenham, and her sons Claudio, 10, and Joaquin, seven, are part of the same Met Police murder investigation. She was found stabbed in London, while the boys were discovered dead, along with their father, at the foot of Birling Gap, in Sussex. Croydon Central MP Sarah Jones, who chairs the all-party parliamentary group on knife crime, told the BBC's Today programme that London could learn from New York in how to reduce violent crime. ––––––––––––––––––––––– CONTACT ME: ► http://www.anthonyblogan.com/contact/ DONATE: ► https://www.paypal.me/ablogan ► https://www.patreon.com/anthonyblogan ABL MERCH: ► https://teespring.com/stores/abl-gear SOCIAL MEDIA: ► http://www.twitter.com/anthonyblogan ► https://www.facebook.com/anthonybrianlogan/ ––––––––––––––––––––––– London murder rate overtakes New York's http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-43610936?SThisFB London's murder rate overtakes New York's for first time in modern history http://abcnews.go.com/International/londons-murder-rate-overtakes-yorks-time-modern-history/story?id=54171310 Pioneering programme leads fight against knife crime in one London borough as capital sees one person stabbed to death every three days https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/knife-crime-london-camden-murder-rate-one-three-days-new-york-a8285406.html London murder rate surpasses NYC’s https://nypost.com/2018/04/02/london-murder-rate-surpasses-nycs/