Analysis

The ‘warzone’ theory of London

London knife crime rise a ‘new phenomenon’ with drug trade ‘at the root of it all,’ says Met chief Cressida Dick

London knife crime linked to youth homelessness and fear of neighbourhood violence

What is different about Sadiq Khan’s new tagging scheme for lessening knife crime?

Sarah Hayward: Cutting London boroughs’ spending to the basic minimum is a false economy

Met Police slammed for ‘multiple and serious’ failures in use of gangs database

Karen Buck: Money has been saved by reducing services that keep young people away from violence. It has not been cost free

Lib Peck: London boroughs must work together and with partners to tackle knife crime