Article written by Rebecca camber,
The streets of London are now more deadly than New York, with the capital recording a higher murder rate for the first time in modern history in February. The past two months of bloodshed in London have overtaken New York’s murder rate, official police figures show, as Scotland Yard battles a 38 per cent surge in killings since 2014.
Fifteen people were killed in London in February, compared to 14 in New York.
And the trend looks set to continue, with 22 killings in London in March – one more than the city on the other side of the Atlantic, where urban violence has long been prevalent. The figures emerged as Scotland Yard was called to yet another stabbing in the early hours of yesterday.
Devoy Stapleton, 20, was knifed to death on his way home from a night out at 1am in Wandsworth. It is the 31st fatal stabbing in London this year.
The surge in killings comes as rates of rape, robbery, and violent offences in London have already eclipsed those in New York.
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