Prisoners in London should be allowed out for short periods to work in order to better prepare them for life after detention, Sir Sadiq Khan has been told.
Tag - crime
Drug offences rose by more than a third in London last year, figures show.
Transport for London (TfL) is spending up to £11million annually on cracking down on graffiti on Tube trains, it has emerged.
Transport for London have been told to use their blueprint to eliminate all deaths on the capital’s roads in their crackdown on violence against women and...
More upskirting crimes were reported to police in London last year, new figures show.
The Met Police recorded fewer transgender hate crime offences in the year to March, recent figures show.
A quarter of adults convicted of a crime in 2023 in Islington have now been convicted for further offences, latest figures show.
Fewer homicides were recorded by police in London last year, new figures show – as the total across England and Wales fell to a record low.
Police underfunding, plummeting transport revenue and overseas investors buying up London’s houses have seen the capital underperform against its full...
The Met Police logged almost 20,000 religious and race hate crime offences last year, new figures show.
After going to prison in 2018, Tashan feared, like many other young men leaving the criminal justice system, that he’d struggle to find employers willing to...
London saw the lowest number of homicides of under-25s for more than two decades last year, new figures have revealed.
Sir Sadiq Khan has admitted there is a “long way to go” when it comes to fighting crime in London, despite a drop in some serious offences like robbery and...
A record number of shoplifting crimes were reported in London last year, new figures show.
Dozens of Arsenal fans were arrested for football-related incidents last season, new figures reveal.
Islington Council has banned an off-licence from selling alcohol after a tip-off about counterfeit cigarettes led to the discovery of a suspected cannabis grow...
Fewer firearms licences were revoked by the Met Police last year, new figures show.
There were hundreds of small claims cases allocated at Islington County Court this year, new figures show.
The number of criminals in London sent to jail last year was the highest since 2019, new figures show.
Fewer juveniles from Islington entered the criminal justice system last year, figures show.
Islington Council has clawed back hundreds of thousands of pounds cheated from the local authority by social housing swindlers, the Town Hall’s leader has...
There were more than 1,000 prisoners at Pentonville prison in Islington last year, new figures show.
Sir Sadiq Khan has been urged to step up his efforts in tackling a rising tide of misogyny and violence against women and girls, as concerns are raised within...
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