For addled parents, it adds to the perception – real or imagined – that London is a crime hotspot. Whenever crime statistics are mentioned, populist figures usually rename the city “Sadiq Khan’s Lawless London”. The Daily Mail, that great bastion of understatement, declared London this week to be the “Capital of Crime”. What do the statistics say? My daughter’s school has started putting teachers on sentry at the Tube station in the mornings.

Source: The Irish Times February 04, 2026 15:04 UTC