Revealed: London's hotspots for knife crime - how bad is it in your area?

News | London Revealed: London's hotspots for knife crime - how bad is it in your area? More than 13,000 knife related offences have been recorded . Please click 'Allow and Continue' below to load the content. Allow and Continue Tom Place, News Reporter1 minute ago Crime statistics released . The figures, taken from the Met’s monthly crime data statistics, show that a total of 13,649 knife related offences were recorded 2025 and August 2026. Of those offences, the Met have recorded 7,601 (55.6%) as being involved in a robbery, 1,490 (10.9%) involved threat to kill, and 4,190 (30.7%) are referred to as “assault with injury”. The other 369 incidents are classed as “other” offences, including homicides, attempted murder, sexual assault and rape. It comes as 28-year-old Reece Salmon was stabbed to death on a ‘Millionaire’s Row’ in Clerkenwell earlier this week. While seven teenagers and a man were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a “knife fight” in a KFC restaurant in south London earlier this month. The borough with the worst knife crime rate in the past year is Newham, with 824 offences logged. Southwark and Lambeth ranked second and third on the list, with 697 and 691 knife related offences recorded respectively. Westminster and Tower Hamlets also appear high on the overall list - highlighting central London’s problem with knife crime. Southwest London recorded low figures, with Richmond, Kingston, Sutton, and Kensington & Chelsea taking the bottom four spots. Of the 13,548 victims of knife crime in the past year, 2,319 (17.1%) were women and 10,677 (78.8%) were men, with the others not having their sex logged. Worryingly, of victims whose ages were recorded, almost half were under the age of 25. 6,791 victims (51.7%) of victims were 26 or over, while 3,211 were between 18 and 25 and 3,087 were between 10 and 17 years old. Met Police officer denies causing death of pregnant woman in high speed crash 'Nothing could prepare me for the discovery of my murdered friend' Rediscover your adventurous side on an exotic getaway There were 43 recorded knife crime victims under the age of 10. The investigation is continuing into the Bromley stabbings The Standard composite Bromley features fairly low on the list, with 276 total offences, but a 14-year-old boy has been charged after stabbings in the borough last week that left four people in hospital. Another six people arrested in the aftermath of the stabbings have been released on bail. Police were called to Bromley High Street at around 2.15pm on Thursday September 10, where three boys, aged between 14 and 17 and a 21-year-old man were found with stab wounds and rushed to hospital.