The financial cost of London's violent crime epidemic has spiralled to a staggering 7 billion a year, a new report claims. One in four people said they had been attacked or threatened with violence in the past five years while living in the capital, it concludes. The Centre for Social Justice think tank lays bare a cycle of fear that continues to represent significant harm to society.
Mr Khan defended his record and blames austerity. But Monday's figures are more than double the 3 billion his own Violence Reduction Unit put on the serious consequences of such offending in 2019. The CSJ, set up by former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith, adds the financial impact of 110 homicides recorded in 2023.
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