Overview

• Provisional data show the fewest killings across June to August since 2018, with 58 homicides so far this year compared with 78 at the same point in 2024.
• No under‑25 homicides were recorded during the school summer holiday period, and teenage killings stand at four this year versus nine at the same stage last year.
• Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley says homicide is at a 10‑year low, injury‑causing violent incidents are down by a fifth, and firearms discharges are less than half the level seven years ago.
• Mayor Sadiq Khan has allocated £1.16 billion to the Met for 2025/26 and highlights the Violence Reduction Unit’s 450,000 youth opportunities, a further 250,000 planned, and a new £6 million Holiday Hope programme.
• Separate Met figures indicate domestic‑related murders have risen to 20 this year, up 54% from 12 by late August last year, and officials stress the latest totals are provisional.