In 2025, only 97 murders were recorded in London — the lowest figure since 2014, when 95 cases were recorded. This was reported by the Metropolitan Police on January 12, 2026.
According to the agency, the number of murders decreased by 11% compared to 2024 (109 cases). At the same time, the population of the capital has grown by more than half a million people in recent years and now stands at around 9.09 million. As a result, the murder rate per capita has reached a record low of approximately 1.07–1.1 per 100,000 people, which is the lowest figure since modern statistics began in 1997.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan called the results “proof that London is becoming safer” and used them to refute criticism from several foreign politicians and current US President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly claimed that there is “lawlessness” in the British capital.
The police and city hall attribute this success to a combination of measures: hard work to solve serious crimes (95% of murder cases in 2025 were solved), a targeted fight against organized crime and gangs, and the work of the Violence Reduction Unit, a division dedicated to preventing violence among young people.
Despite the positive trend in serious crime, experts note that the overall picture of crime in London remains mixed: according to the Crime Survey for England and Wales, some types of petty and medium-level crime (in particular, phone theft and shoplifting) increased in 2025.
London continues to be one of the safest cities in the world in terms of murder rates, significantly outperforming many major cities in Europe and the US (New York — 2.8; Berlin — 3.2; Paris — 1.6 per 100,000 inhabitants).