Making our communities safer is the Mayor’s top priority. To do this we must be both tough on violence and tough on the complex causes of violence. That’s why the Mayor is providing record City Hall funding
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?to the Met Police and investing in early intervention.?
Police recorded crime shows that homicides, gun crimes and the number of young people being injured with knives have all fallen since 2016 as a result of the Mayor’s relentless focus on tackling violent crime and its underlying causes. The latest ONS figures show that the violent crime rate is lower in London than in the rest of England and Wales
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But this is only part of the story.?
Every Londoner has a role to play in tackling serious violence.
That’s why City Hall is investing in communities to give them the support, tools and resources to deliver change in their local areas ? tackling the structural barriers to break the cycle of violence and giving young Londoners hope for a brighter future.
Alongside doubling City Hall investment in policing
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, the Mayor set up the country’s first ever Violence Reduction Unit. With a focus on prevention and early intervention, it’s been so successful that 19 others have been set up in other cities in England and Wales.
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Police funding for England and Wales 2015 to 2024 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
2. In the twelve months to September 2023, there were 27.9 recorded violence against the person offences per 1,000 population in the Met area, lower than the average for the rest of England and Wales of 35.4 per 1,000 population and lower still than the average for the Met’s group of most similar police force areas - Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire and the West Midlands (49.7).?
Crime in England and Wales - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)
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the Mayor's budget
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