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Figures show fall in some crime, says London mayor

Sir Sadiq Khan has admitted there is a "long way to go" when it comes to fighting crime in London, despite figures suggesting a potential drop in some serious offences. The mayor says new City Hall ...
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Mapped: London’s knife crime hotspots revealed

Knife crime in London has surged by nearly 60 per cent in the past three years, new analysis has revealed. The research found that in 2024, one small area of around 20 streets in London’s West End ...
LBC

London’s luxury watch crimewave: How thieves hunt the wealthy in seconds and what you can do to protect yourself

One excellent resource is The Watch Register, which maintains an incredibly useful database of lost and stolen watches.

How did hundreds of antiquities end up in a London warehouse? These sleuths are on the case.

National Geographic Explorer Peter Campell provides an inside look at the early stages of a heritage crime investigation.

American tourist left terrified after being mugged in London - ‘snatched my gold chains!’

A tourist from the US has said he was robbed on a London street within five hours of arriving in the capital. Social media ...
The New York Times

London Became a Global Hub for Phone Theft. Now We Know Why.

About 80,000 phones were stolen in the British capital last year. The police are finally discovering where many of them went. By Lizzie Dearden and Amelia Nierenberg Reporting from London Sirens ...
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'Pickypockets!' vigilante pairs with social media on London streets

On a recent weekday, Diego Galdino was on the hunt for pickpockets in central London, patrolling tourist hotspots for familiar suspects and telltale signs of those about to commit thefts. Galdino, ...