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Homicide victims in London in 2025
Total: 87 (last updated 18/2/26) Official total homicides recorded by Metropolitan Police: 97 See the map of London homicides in 2025 Note: This is not an official record and may differ from any lists compiled by police etc. It includes murder and manslaughter cases. This page will be regularly updated. We try to track each …
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.
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?
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.