The Met Police has emphasised that 2025 saw a homicide rate of 1.1 per 100,000 people in London, safer than comparable global cities such as New York at 2.8, Paris (1.6), Toronto (1.6), Berlin (3.2), Los Angeles (5.6), Chicago (11.7), and Philadelphia (12.3).
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