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Homicide victims in London in 2025

Latest: A 22-year-old man died in hospital on 9 July after a suspected hit and run in Hendon, northwest London.

Posted bymurdermapJuly 11, 2025July 11, 2025Posted inFeature, VictimsTags: 2025, homicide, London, manslaughter, murder10 Comments on Homicide victims in London in 2025

Homicides in London 1990 to 2024

Basic homicide statistics for London show a peak in around 2003, similar to England and Wales as a whole.

Posted bymurdermapApril 28, 2025April 28, 2025Posted inStatisticsTags: homicide, London, manslaughter, Metropolitan PoliceLeave a comment on Homicides in London 1990 to 2024

Homicide in England and Wales 1898 to 2024

Official statistics show that the total number of homicides (murder and manslaughter) increased from the 1960s until around 2003 before dropping again – followed by a smaller peak in around 2017/18. What’s the explanation?

Posted bymurdermapApril 28, 2025April 28, 2025Posted inFeature, StatisticsTags: homicide, population, statistics44 Comments on Homicide in England and Wales 1898 to 2024

Fugitive in Yemen: Farouk Abdulhak and the unsolved murder of Martine Vik Magnussen

Martine Vik Magnussen

Martine Vik Magnussen, 23, was found dead in a basement in Great Portland Street, central London, in March 2008.

Posted bymurdermapMarch 18, 2025March 18, 2025Posted inUnsolved MurdersTags: London, murder, unsolved, YemenLeave a comment on Fugitive in Yemen: Farouk Abdulhak and the unsolved murder of Martine Vik Magnussen

The unsolved murder of James Akinwande in Brixton in 1994

Eighteen-year-old James Akinwande was chased and stabbed to death in the street after leaving The Vox nightclub in Brixton, south London, on 16 January 1994.

Posted bymurdermapJanuary 27, 2025February 5, 2025Posted inUnsolved MurdersTags: 1994, homicide, knife crime, lambeth, Metropolitan Police, murder, unsolvedLeave a comment on The unsolved murder of James Akinwande in Brixton in 1994

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