The trends are nothing for London to be proud of. Let's get this into perspective though.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...o-31-this-year
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The first quarter of 2018 has seen 46 murders in the capital, a rate of more than three a week. If that keeps up, London could surpass 180 homicides this year, back to the levels last seen in 2005 when there were 181.
In 2017 there were 116 homicides in London, excluding the deaths in the Westminster, London Bridge and Finsbury Park terrorist attacks.
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2017 was record-low for homicides in New York City - NY Daily News
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With just a few hours before the big ball drop in Times Square, the NYPD was expecting a major milestone — ending the year with fewer than 300 homicides.
Unofficial numbers show that the NYPD had investigated 290 homicides so far this year — a number the NYPD hasn’t seen in nearly 70 years, officials said.
“It is safe to say right now that New York hasn’t been like this since the 1950s,” Commissioner James O’Neill said on “Good Day New York” earlier this month.
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So glad I live in Czech.
Murder rate by the 100,000
United States 4.88
United Kingdom 0.92
Czech Republic 0.75