Benchmarking crime in London against other global cities

Dr Matt Ashby, UCL Centre for Global City Policing

Comparing crime across cities is difficult

What crime type is this?

A person smashes the window on a parked car and removes money from the glove box, intending to spend the money on drugs and without the permission of the vehicle owner.

‘Small’ London

1,024 robberies
per 100,000 residents

Actual London

858 robberies
per 100,000 residents

‘Big’ London

785 robberies
per 100,000 residents

Cities included

Results

Homicide: long-term trend

Homicide: global cities

Assault with injury: long-term trend

Assault with injury: global cities

Rape: long-term trend

Rape: global cities

Personal robbery: long-term trend

Personal robbery: global cities

Questions?

matthew.ashby@ucl.ac.uk

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