Violent crime plunges 13% in London as capital's homicide rate less than Paris, Berlin and Copenhagen

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan praised the work of the Met Police and London’s Violence Reduction Unit - (James Manning/PA Wire)

Violent crime in London has dropped by 13%—a fall of nearly 10,000 attacks a year—as the capital records its lowest homicide rate in five years.

New figures from the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) have revealed sharp drops across serious offences, including 9,774 fewer violence with injury offences, 30 fewer homicides, 115 fewer gun crime incidents, and notable drops in both residential and business burglaries.