Police recorded 97 homicides in London in 2025, down from 109 in 2024 and the fewest since 2014. The Metropolitan Police force said the rate by population is the lowest since comparable records began in 1997, at 1.1 homicides for every 100,000 people. That compares to 1.6 per 100,000 in Paris, 2.8 in New York and 3.2 in Berlin, the force said.