The latest crime statistics for London reveal the number of people murdered in Britain's capital has risen by 44 percent while knife crime increased by 21 percent.
The number of offences involving knives increased from 14,680 from 12,115 between April 2017 to March 2018, while the terror attacks in Westminster, London Bridge and Finsbury Park are responsible for eight out of a total of 157 deaths in the last year, according to the Metropolitan Police Service's end of year crime statistics.
“Any murder is one murder too many and detectives are working 24/7 to catch those responsible,” Scotland Yard said in a statement.
Exasperated with the increase in youth violence and apathy from the British government, Junior Smart, an academic and youth leader in London has launched a passionate petition calling for Prime Minister Theresa May to address the murder rate among young people.
“This Simply Cannot Continue”
Appearing in the YouTube video to promote the petition, Smart says: “I want to lobby the government to enter communities, not one of them has spoken to a family involved; this simply cannot continue.” Junior Smart says
“Young people are dying, many of them below the age of 25 and there has been a constant stream of deaths where lives have been taken at the end of the blade,” the petition states.
Sexual offences, burglaries and robberies are also up, the increase in theft has been blamed on the advent…
