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Homicide victims in London in 2025
Latest: A 23-year-old man was stabbed to death in Deptford, southeast London, on 31 December.
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.