London eh not getting more violent?

[Jaffa_The_Hut]

Yer right.

 

[Hertsseasider]

Hainult, it's Essex really

 

[Wizaard]

Pathetic comments those Wiz just shows you how low some people can actually go you should be ashamed of yourself.

Fair enough. Ill considered all in all.

 

[JJpool]

Another scumbag.

 

[Tangerine phil]

Are these disturbed people not switched on to do these horrible things by very violent games like fortnight ?

 

[Matesrates]

The only tiny bit of comfort, is that had this been in America, the guy would have had an automatic weapon and killed many more.

 

[Jaffa_The_Hut]

Hainult, it's Essex really

 

[Chunkylad]

Once again, mental health issues and a tragic outcome.

 

[Curryman]

Interesting to note how many female officers were involved.

 

[bill40]

The only way to stop a bad guy with a sword is a good guy with a sword.

 

[SeasideKurt]

Are these disturbed people not switched on to do these horrible things by very violent games like fortnight ?

How have you come to that comment?

 

[bill40]

Are these disturbed people not switched on to do these horrible things by very violent games like fortnight ?

No.

 

[JOHNMAJORTOM]

Interesting to note how many female officers were involved.

They dont mess around. rough and tough lady plod. Well done all of them.

 

[no9]

Interesting to note how many female officers were involved.

I just don’t think that’s the right way to go for our police force.

 

[JOHNMAJORTOM]

THE tv presenter Jay Blades has lost his uncle . in WEMBLEY over a terrortorial dispute. Stabbed to death. jeez. the t..ts are due on trial early 2025.

 

[JJpool]

Are these disturbed people not switched on to do these horrible things by very violent games like fortnight ?

The issue with that completely flawed argument is many games are daft and you don't see those things happening.

You don't see plumbers running around trying to jump on moving mushrooms... etc...

 

[ElBurroSinNombre]

Violent crime is falling in the UK according to the latest stats;

Crime in England and Wales - Office for National Statistics

Crime against households and people aged 16 years and over, using data from police recorded crime and the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW).

www.ons.gov.uk

Homicides down 14% in latest figures

 

[basilrobbie3]

Yer right.

As Herts said, it's Essex really. Practically Denmark.

Either way it is tragic, and I'm not sure a suitable topic for all these generalisations about how terrible London is from the experts sitting at home in - where is it you live? Thornton?

 

[Archibald Knox]

They dont mess around. rough and tough lady plod. Well done all of them.

One of the women PCs had her hand virtually cut off by the sword. She was in surgery for hours while they reattached it and will spend years in recovery regaining its use.

 

[Jaffa_The_Hut]

As Herts said, it's Essex really. Practically Denmark.

Either way it is tragic, and I'm not sure a suitable topic for all these generalisations about how terrible London is from the experts sitting at home in - where is it you live? Thornton?

I’ve said all along London is a much more violent place than it was just 8-10 years ago something you and others for some strange reason keep dismissing when the facts are out there for all to see.

Anyway I've moved up market now to PLF.

 

[basilrobbie3]

I’ve said all along London is a much more violent place than it was just 8-10 years ago something you and others for some strange reason keep dismissing when the facts are out there for all to see.

The facts, as quoted, by ESBN above, suggest that knife crime in London went up in 2023, but was still lower than it had been in 2020.

 

[Wizaard]

The only way to stop a bad guy with a sword is a good guy with a sword.

Or a couple of coppers with tasers apparently

 

[Wizaard]

I’ve said all along London is a much more violent place than it was just 8-10 years ago something you and others for some strange reason keep dismissing when the facts are out there for all to see.

Anyway I've moved up market now to PLF.

Hot bed of crime. Cube gets trashed every other week.

 

[bill40]

Or a couple of coppers with tasers apparently

They're sort of light sabres so same thing!

 

[ElBurroSinNombre]

Crime stats for London

London homicides 2023 | Statista

In 2022/23 homicides in London fell to the lowest level since 2016/17. In recent years, the city experienced the most murders in 2017/18.

www.statista.com

London knife crime 2023 | Statista

Knife crime in London has increased significantly in recent years, reaching a peak in 2019/20, and remaining at high levels since then.

www.statista.com

Both murder and knife crime decreasing.

London violent crime figures 2023 | Statista

There were 242,084 violent crime offences recorded by the Metropolitan Police and City of London Police Forces in London in 2022/23 a slight decrease when compared with the previous reporting year.

www.statista.com

Violent crime is higher in the last 2 years though

 

[Lala]

This is just such a terribly sad incident.

RIP that lovely boy, just awful

 

[JOHNMAJORTOM]

Always remember the two lady cops killed years ago by thay nutjob Raoul Moat.

 

[Old_Laytonian]

And the one eyed ** in Greater Manchester

 

[Wizaard]

This is just such a terribly sad incident.

RIP that lovely boy, just awful

Went to the same school as the student in Nottingham murdered last year.

 

[hampshire_exile]

RIP that poor young lad. Thank you to the brave police officers.

It’s tragic that we arrive in the position that anyone has access to a weapon such as a sword. It’s just an invitation to the evil or mentally unwell.

 

[hampshire_exile]

I would also suggest that to use this tragedy to debate crime figures in another part of the country is not appropriate.

We all know how much slagging Blackpool gets and we wouldn’t be much impressed if a tragedy in Blackpool was used to taint the whole place.

 

[dodgy_surname]

Sheffield today

 

[Mexboroseasider]

I would also suggest that to use this tragedy to debate crime figures in another part of the country is not appropriate.

We all know how much slagging Blackpool gets and we wouldn’t be much impressed if a tragedy in Blackpool was used to taint the whole place.

I agree. There’s little doubt the op was trying to make a political point. There seemed to be very little care or sympathy for the victims, or recognition of the bravery of the police officers involved.

 

[Curryman]

I cannot remember seeing or hearing about so many violent crimes carried out by youths and children, in my day it was knuckle dusters, the occasional flick knife, and old bicycle chains. Now it appears that kids from 10 years upwards go out armed with knives, and they are displayed and easily available in a number of shops, along with masks and other sorts of paraphernalia that gangs use.

 

[Lost Seasider]

Always remember the two lady cops killed years ago by thay nutjob Raoul Moat.

That was Dale Cregan, in Manchester, Moat was the Northumbria manhunt.

 

[JOHNMAJORTOM]

That was Dale Cregan, in Manchester, Moat was the Northumbria manhunt.

well thankz for the corrrection.

 

[Satriale's Pork Store]

Dale Cregan who now exploits our prison system by feigning madness...

Instead of being in a Cat A prison he now resides in a high security mental institution, costing US the taxpayers several hundred thousand pounds per year to keep there.

The bastard needs a bullet in his temple!