SERIOUS VIOLENCE IN LONDON - Perceptions, Costs, and Recommendations

Serious Violence in London SERIOUS VIOLENCE IN LONDON Perceptions, Costs, and Recommendations April 2024 Contents About the Centre for Social Justice 1 Introduction 2 Chapter 1: Londoners’ experiences of violence 3 Chapter 2: Londoners continue to support police powers of stop and search 5 Chapter 3: Londoners and their changing expectations of the police 7 Chapter 4: The evolving nature of w. [...] Number of police recorded violence against the person offences in London 350,000 Covid-19 319,490 300,000 282,801 250,000 242,824 242,084 222,038 218,824 214,779 200,000 183,374 179,677 150,000 100,000 50,000 14,902 0 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 2021/2022 2022/2023 Number of stop searches Number of police recorded violence against the person offences in London Source: Statistica 2024 Data 8 Rese.