Data Investigation
London Crime Lies
Politicians and media figures routinely claim London is “unsafe” and overrun by immigrants. They cite fabricated statistics to stoke islamophobia and target Sadiq Khan. This analysis overlays the hysteria with actual ONS data — exposing the UK crime misinformation pipeline.
97
London homicides 2025
Lowest since 2014
-9%
Knife crime change
Down year-on-year
1.1
per 100k rate
Lowest per capita ever
2.8
NYC rate
2.5x higher than London
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