Mapped: London’s knife crime hotspots revealed
According to new analysis, the knife crime in London has increased by 60 percent in the last three years.
According to the policy exchange thought tank’s report, West End’s knife crime is the hot point and it is one of every 15 knife attacks in London.
In 2024, the research found that a small area on London’s West End, near Oxford Circus and Regent Street, had more than about 15 percent of the rest capital of relaxation capital.
In the UK, the blade crime recorded by the police decreased by 1 percent in the year ending in March 2025 and 53,685 crimes reached 53.047 crime compared to the previous year.
The metropolitan police, the power of most of London, made up 31 percent of all the knife crimes in England and Wales in 2024.
At the highest hot point in West End, there were 108 knife crimes, which is more than 716 “safest” fields.
This area includes parts of Oxford Circus and New Bond Street, Oxford Street, Regent Street and Piccadilly Circus.
These areas, known as LSOAs with Lower Layer, are geographical areas with a population of 1,000 to 3,000 people.
According to the policy change, the top 200 LSOAS in London reported 3,615 knife crimes in 2024.
In the report, the MET police suggested that the first 20 knife crimes should bring a “zero tolerance” approach to the hot point. Officers in these areas suggested that they will make “very high volumes ve and make searches.
In addition, the best knife crime in London was proposed to deploy permanent live face recognition systems to each of the hot spots and to deploy civil servants at the summit.
David Spencer, a former Met Detective and writer of the report, said, “The only approach known as both the work of the people and the work of the public is the ‘zero tolerance’ approach in places where crime and criminals are widespread.”
Most of the crimes of knife crimes in London show robbery, official statistics, and mobile phones are an important target. 16,789 knife offense committed in 2024, 62 percent of them (10,346) were robbers.
Earlier this year, Independent He announced that the crime of at least 83,900 telephone theft was recorded in the country from 12 months to July until July – almost twice the 45,800 five years ago.
The figures obtained from the 29 forces show that the metropolitan police were dealing with more than three quarters (64.224) of the entire mobile phone theft last year, then the city police (1,722), South Yorkshire Police (1,577) and Lancashire police (1,467).
Commander Hayley Sewart, who was the leadership of the knife crime at the Metropolitan Police Service, said: “The fight against violence is our priority and we make more than 1000 arrests in London than last year – the crime of the knife (16 percent) and the robbery (13 percent) both fall significantly.
“In the last four years, we use our stop and search forces to get 17,500 weapons from the streets and put more civil servants in the neighborhoods than ever before and use new technology and data -oriented tactics to bring criminals to justice.”
London Mayor of London said: “There is nothing more important for the mayor than keeping the London safe, and he is determined to lead the front to build a safer London for everyone.
“The crime of knife fell with arms crime, injury and theft, murders, deadly barrel discharges of MET police and partners, and the young murders have been at the lowest level for more than ten years last year.”
“An advanced approach to record financing and neighborhood policing in West End by the mayor caused personal robbers to fall by 20 percent and the injuries decreased by 25 percent last year.
“The mayor is determined to develop this progress – secured 935 police officers 935 police officers and worked closely with the commission member working in new or developed city center teams in Westspot regions.”
