Shocking new figures have unveiled the size of London's gang problem, killed with more people as a result of gang violence than theft, drug crime and domestic violence together.
Researchers analyzed 147 convictions of murder and manslaughter that were brought for the courts of the capital between January 2023 to December 2024 and discovered that more than a third party was committed by gangs or groups of three or more.
It is the largest category of perpetrators with more than 15 percent, with domestic violence and family -related violence, the second most common type of murder on 18 percent of the cases.
Non-gang-related confrontations and revenge attacks consisting of 14 percent of the figures, with drugs, theft, burglary and fraud, each of which comes down about 8 percent.
Mental health was also only a factor in 5 percent of the analyzed cases.
Violent gangcrime in the capital of the country has steadily increased for a number of years, whereby these new figures further emphasize their violent nature.
In 2023, the Office of National Statistics (us) revealed that there had been an alarming jump of 20 percent in Gun Crime in London, with 1,208 classifications registered.
A reflection of the prevalence of knife -related crime was also seen, with an increase of 20 percent or 14,577 cases that were reported to the police in the same year.
With the police also registered an increase in murders compared to the previous year, with 110 reported in the Greater London area in 2023.
Mes- and gangcrime has been in London at Rose in recent years
Shocking new figures have unveiled the size of London's gang problem, killed with more people as a result of gang violence than theft, drug crimes and domestic violence combined
With the police, an increase in murders registered in 2023 compared to the previous year, with 110 reported in the Greater London Area
In recent years there have been a number of controversial bin cases that have received a lot of media attention.
Last year Sergeant Martyn Blake saw who was accused of shooting in 2022 of the dead gangster Chris Kaba.
Kaba had been involved in the 67 Group in Brixton Hill, who had left to 11 shootings for only a matter of months.
In November 2024, the tragedy struck when Bendegeweld saw the shooting of an innocent eight-year-old girl in the Ladbroke Grove area of ​​the capital.
The 32-year-old Jazz Reid was arrested on two points of attempted murder with the father of the young girl also struck by a bullet after Reid shot in their parked SUV.
The murderers of teenager Abubakarr Jah were also brought to court last year after he had been dodelized in 2021 during a gang of 'rideout' in Newham.
Jah's brother was stabbed to death only four years earlier near the same location.
Earlier this year, the MailOnline reported exclusively about the gang war that a city in South London had seized.
Chris Kaba in a Drill Rap video where he seems to pretend he are firing a gun
Kelyan Bokassa (photo) was stabbed for horrible passengers in a route 472 bus in Woolwich
Kelyan's death came less than four months after the murder of another teenager – Daejaun Campbell, 15 (photo) – who was also deadly stabbed in Woolwich in Woolwich in September last year
The 14-year-old Kelyan Bokassa was reached 12 times in January while he was sitting on the 472 bus through Woolwich.
Terrange witnesses told that they see two young men with a baby face sprinting from cruelty, an armed with a machete 'as long as your forearm'.
Only a few months earlier, Kelyan had lost his good friend Dejaun Campbell who was stabbed to death along Eglington Road.
Reacting to the relevant data from gangriminality, Scotland Yard Commander Paul Brogden said: 'Every murder is a tragedy and we continue to devote a large part of our means to tackling the main causes of violent crime, such as drug trafficking and antisocial behavior, while while They also take weapons from the streets and have a visible presence in areas with a higher crime level.
'Teen murders are a genuine care that can have a lasting impact on the community.
'The Met is committed to tackling violent crime, especially when it comes from the gang culture. This remains a top priority.
“This is not something that we can do alone and we will continue to collaborate with partners and community leaders to tackle violence and make the streets of London safer for everyone.”
