Did the number of murders in London increase or or decrease last year? It depends whether you mean calendar year or financial year.
Tag archives: homicide
New Project: Full reporting of a murder trial
The decline of court reporting over the last 25 years has been described as a “threat to justice”. Local newspapers may not have the staff or resources to cover a trial in depth and the national press, TV and radio are naturally interested only in the most important or topical cases. Most court reports in …
Continue reading “New Project: Full reporting of a murder trial”
Changes to murdermap
[UPDATE 2022: The new website continues to track homicides as they happen and now has new, improved maps for each year since 2019 as well as a historical murder map (pre-2003). We are also working on a modern murder map for all cases since 2003. If you would like to contribute towards our costs, please …
Cuts to the ‘Murder Squad’
The Metropolitan Police unit responsible for investigating murders* in London was cut by nearly 40 per cent between 2004 and 2017 (see table below). Figures obtained via a Freedom of Information request show the Homicide and Serious Crime Command (HSCC) reduced in total strength almost every year over that period. The sharpest fall was from …
Unsolved Murders in London: 2016
These 14 murders in London in 2016 remain unsolved*. Can you help? Harjit Singh Dulai, 44, was stabbed to death after meeting a drug dealer in Rosedale Park off Albion Road in Hayes at around 6.40pm on 27 January 2016. A 16 year-old boy was acquitted of murder in July 2016 but police continue to …