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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Michael Goodier and Kevin Rawlinson

Fact check: has Sadiq Khan really overseen a crime surge in London?

Two police officers walk past a red London phone box.
Crime figures show that you are less likely to be a victim of crime in London than you are across the country as a whole. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

A London “under siege” with “criminals ruling the streets”. That’s not the plot of a comic book, but rather the picture that mayoral candidate Susan Hall painted of the capital in an article for the Express on Saturday.

Sadiq Khan, who as the mayor for London, also acts as police and crime commissioner for the city, is often targeted with accusations that he has allowed crime to spiral. But Guardian analysis of government data shows the reality is more nuanced.

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