#london-crime

#london-crime

I think he's done a terrible job, Donald Trump said during his state visit to the UK last month, in his latest broadside at London's mayor, Sadiq Khan. Crime in London is through the roof. Trump's view is increasingly accepted wisdom in rightwing circles and is gaining traction more widely. Crime is even being blamed along with rising taxes for an apparent exodus of the super-rich from the UK.

I don't make necklaces that cost $10 million. I make jewellery that people wear, literally, every day. I chose not to do that many years ago. I've not ever had someone who's come to me and said, I've been mugged for my Stephen Webster jewellery'. Never.

The National Portrait Gallery near Trafalgar Square reported 3,060 crimes in one year, including 1,200 thefts, while their spokesman pointed out only two reportable instances among 1.6 million visitors.

A historic 300-year-old violin, worth over £150,000, was stolen from a London pub, prompting police appeals for witnesses to track the suspect.

A 20-year-old man and a teenager suffered non-life-threatening injuries in a double stabbing in Romford, with a suspect arrested for grievous bodily harm.