London now more dangerous than New York City, crime stats suggest

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h4 style="text-align: left;"> </h4> <h4> <span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">London is now more crime ridden and dangerous than New York City, with rape, robbery and violent offences far higher on this side of the Atlantic.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/19/violent-crime-soars-fifth-offences-recorded-police-push-past/">The latest statistics, published earlier this week, revealed that crime across the UK was up by 13 per cent, with a surge in violence in the capital blamed for much of the increase.</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/20/donald-trump-blames-uk-crime-rise-spread-radical-islamic-terror/">Seizing on the figures, US President, Donald Trump, </a>claimed the rise could be linked to the “spread of radical Islam”, adding that it demonstrated the need to “keep America safe”.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/921323063945453574"><br></a></span></span><img alt="London now has worse crime than New York, according to statistics" src="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/10/20/TELEMMGLPICT000144199687_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpVlberWd9EgFPZtcLiMQfyf2A9a6I9YchsjMeADBa08.jpeg?imwidth=450"> <script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-6026372270824782" data-ad-slot="1142052758" style="display: inline-block; height: 250px; width: 300px;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-6026372270824782" data-ad-slot="2708363552" style="display: inline-block; height: 250px; width: 300px;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <br> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-6026372270824782" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="5040401559" style="display: block;"></ins><script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </h4></div>

London now more dangerous than New York City, crime stats suggest

London is now more crime ridden and dangerous than New York City, with rape, robbery and violent offences far higher on this side of the...

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