Data for 2025 will be good news for the Met and the mayor Sadiq Khan as they bat away claims of a lawless city

• Capital’s murder rate drops to lowest in more than a decade

The number of murders in London in 2025 is drawing attention for being the lowest in more than a decade. Mark Rowley, the Metropolitan police commissioner, and Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, say figures show their policies and plans are working, which are best summed up as tough on crime, tough on the complex causes of crime.

Has the Met turned a corner and can Khan shake off claims he presides over a city where crime is out of control?

Sadiq Khan says ‘public health’ approach has made the capital one of the safest cities in the western world

London’s murder rate has dropped to its lowest in more than a decade with police in the capital and the mayor saying it is now one of the safest cities in the western world.

The figures come as those on the radical right criticise the city for having a crime problem, hoping to gain politically from such claims being believed.