"Last week, London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan hailed the falling murder rate as extraordinary as he and other leading political figures embarked on a public relations offensive to counter what they see as deliberate and damaging misinformation, typically spread on social media, about crime levels in London. According to a Metropolitan police announcement, there were 97 homicides in the 2025 calendar year, down from 109 in 2024 and the lowest total since 2014, despite the capital's population having risen by more than half a million since then."
"Sir Sadiq used the latest crime data to justify an attack on those who talk down our capital for their own political gain. But within days, Sir Sadiq was accused by Tory critics at City Hall of gaslighting Londoners about the true extent of crime, and replacing fake news with allegedly misleading comments of his own."
"Charlie Sheridan told the Daily Mail: It's an absolute insult. I am furious watching them all giving each other a pat on the back whilst my beautiful boy lies in his grave. A few evenings earlier, Sir Sadiq had used his speech to the annual London Government dinner at Mansion House attended by hundreds of the capital's great and good to share good news about the falling murder rate."
London's homicide total fell to 97 in 2025, down from 109 in 2024 and the lowest since 2014, despite population growth of more than half a million. Mayor Sadiq Khan celebrated the drop and led a public relations push to counter perceived misinformation on social media about crime levels. Tory critics accused the mayor of gaslighting Londoners and of making misleading comments. Bereaved relatives expressed anger and grief at celebratory tones after violent deaths. The mayor faced direct challenges at mayor's question time over whether he was cherry-picking statistics amid claims that robbery and knife crime remain higher than in 2016.
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