Murder rate in London was higher than New York City

News24xx.com -  According to London police, they were claiming that London’s murder rate was higher than New York City’s and it sent shockwaves around Britain. 

As information, 18 murders was occured in London on February, and compared to New York, it's 'only' 14 murders. 

According to police too, in every other month of 2018, there has been more murders in New York than London, despite it having a smaller population.  With a population of around 10.6 million, London is considerably larger than the Big Apple, which has around 8.6 million residents. 

Between January and June 2018, there were 80 homicides in London. But in the same six months, New York has had almost twice as many murder cases – 141 so far.

As quoted from BBC, this is the crime list in London and New York :

January :
New York – 20 
London – 10 

February :
New York – 14 
London – 18 

March :
New York – 21 
London – 16 

April :
New York – 22 
London – 14 

May :
New York – 34 
London – 13 

June :
New York – 30 
London – 9

 

 

 

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