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London murder rate overtakes New York's London murder rate overtakes New York's
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A spike in violent crime in London saw more murders committed in the city in February and March than there were in New York, figures show.A spike in violent crime in London saw more murders committed in the city in February and March than there were in New York, figures show.
So far in 2018, 46 people have been fatally stabbed, shot or injured in London compared with 50 in the US city. So far in 2018, the Met Police has investigated 46 murders, compared with 50 in the US city.
But, while New York's rate month-on-month has decreased since January, London's is on the rise. But, while New York's murder rate decreased from the end of January, London's rose markedly from that point.
Ex-Met Police Ch Supt Leroy Logan says it is proof that "London's violent traits have become a virus".Ex-Met Police Ch Supt Leroy Logan says it is proof that "London's violent traits have become a virus".
Statistics from the New York Police Department (NYPD) and the Metropolitan Police, reported in the Sunday Times and obtained by the BBC, highlight narrowing murder rates between the two cities which have similar population sizes. Statistics from the New York Police Department (NYPD) and the Metropolitan Police, reported in the Sunday Times and obtained by the BBC, highlight narrowing murder rates between the two cities, which have similar population sizes.
City Hall says it is "deeply concerned" by knife crime in the capital, but, along with the Met Police, insists London "remains one of the safest in the world". City Hall says it is "deeply concerned" by knife crime in the capital, but, along with the Met Police, insists London "remains one of the safest [cities] in the world".
The Met said it was "concerned at the increase in murders in London".The Met said it was "concerned at the increase in murders in London".
"One murder is one too many, and we are working hard with our partners to understand the increase and what we can all do to prevent these tragedies from happening in the first place," a spokesman said."One murder is one too many, and we are working hard with our partners to understand the increase and what we can all do to prevent these tragedies from happening in the first place," a spokesman said.
However, it is a murder rate that has left Mr Logan feeling "absolutely devastated".However, it is a murder rate that has left Mr Logan feeling "absolutely devastated".
"I cannot understand how things have gotten out of hand," he said."I cannot understand how things have gotten out of hand," he said.
"We have seen the virus of violence spreading. It is endemic in so many different parts of societies."We have seen the virus of violence spreading. It is endemic in so many different parts of societies.
"It can only be dealt with in a holistic manner, because it is so holistic in its impact."It can only be dealt with in a holistic manner, because it is so holistic in its impact.
"Police can't just arrest or stop and search their way out of this problem, it has to be done in partnership with the communities." "Police can't just arrest or stop and search their way out of this problem; it has to be done in partnership with the communities."
In February, Met Police commissioner Cressida Dick visited police in Glasgow to learn about a public health approach which has seen murder rates in Scotland drop dramatically. The Met Police has launched 44 murder investigations in 2018, 31 of which have been as a result of stabbings.
There are plans for Ms Dick to carry out more "fact-finding trips" in New York, as well as with the West Midlands, Durham and Avon and Somerset forces. The deaths of 47-year-old Laura Cecilia Navarrete De Figueira, from Twickenham, and her sons Claudio, 10, and Joaquin, seven, are part of the same Met Police murder investigation. She was found stabbed in London, while the boys were discovered dead, along with their father, at the foot of Birling Gap, in Sussex.
Meanwhile, the government has launched a £1.35m series of adverts to run across social media in a bid to deter 10 to 21-year-olds from knife crime. Croydon Central MP Sarah Jones, who chairs the all-party parliamentary group on knife crime, told the BBC's Today programme that London could learn from New York in how to reduce violent crime.
The adverts feature stories of teenagers who have been stabbed. "New York has been able to bring down serious violence through a public health approach," she said.
"We need a proper strategy that looks at all of the issues.
"Knife crime and violent crime acts like an epidemic, so you need to go in at the source to cut it off and then you need to inoculate the future young people against it.
"Going in at source means major intervention work with youth workers, inoculating means going into schools, changing the social norms, educating kids, teaching them what it is to be a man, teaching them how they don't need to carry knives."
In February, the Met's Commissioner Cressida Dick visited police in Glasgow to learn about a public health approach which has seen murder rates in Scotland drop dramatically.
There are plans for Ms Dick to carry out more "fact-finding trips", in New York and with the West Midlands, Durham and Avon & Somerset forces.
Meanwhile, the government has launched a £1.35m campaign aimed at 10 to 21-year-olds.
The adverts to run across social media and digital channels feature stories of teenagers who have been stabbed.