LONDON’S MAYOR SAYS FALLING CRIME SHOWS THE CITY IS SAFE DESPITE ALARMING ONLINE CLAIMS
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan, centre, and Mark Rowley, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, right, speak to staff, during a walkabout through the borough of Camden in London, Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) 2026-07-23T13:50:30Z LONDON (AP) — London’s mayor and police chief on Thursday used a drop in recorded street crime to reassure tourists the city is safe and counter an online narrative…
According to Associated Press, London Mayor Sadiq Khan, centre, and Mark Rowley, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, right, speak to staff, during a walkabout through the borough of Camden in London, Thursday, July 23, 2026.
The available RSS description adds: (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) 2026-07-23T13:50:30Z LONDON (AP) — London’s mayor and police chief on Thursday used a drop in recorded street crime to reassure tourists the city is safe and counter an online narrative…
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- Associated Press: London Mayor Sadiq Khan, centre, and Mark Rowley, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, right, speak to staff, during a walkabout through the borough of Camden in London, Thursday, July 23, 2026.
- Associated Press: (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) 2026-07-23T13:50:30Z LONDON (AP) — London’s mayor and police chief on Thursday used a drop in recorded street crime to reassure tourists the city is safe and counter an online narrative…
- Associated Press: The city’s Metropolitan Police force said “neighborhood crime,” a category that includes phone theft, pickpocketing, residential burglary and vehicle crime, fell 14% in the year to June.
- Associated Press: In Westminster borough – home to tourist magnets including Parliament, Soho and Leicester Square – those crimes fell by more than a third, and they were down by a quarter in neighboring Camden, another tourist hotspot.
- Associated Press: Yet Mayor Sadiq Khan said that in the past two years “we’ve seen a 200% increase in stories on social media about London being in quote unquote ‘decline’ or London being dangerous.” Those claims have mushroomed on…
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