"The public’s average guess is that 30% of Londoners were the victim of a crime in the year to September 2025; the actual figure is 12.2%. We are most likely to pick out #London as having the highest rates of violent and sexual crimes of any region in England and Wales, when it has among the lowest of each. Six in ten think crime overall has risen in London since 2019, when it has fallen slightly. Four in ten think murders are up; they are down by around 15%."
#UKPol
https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/london-crime-reality-v-perception-kings-college-b1296602.html
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