‘There’s a lot of knife crime in London,’ admits police minister after crackdown on muggers targeting pupils

A spokesperson for the Mayor of London, said: “Sadiq has doubled his annual investment in the Met police from City Hall and will continue to invest record amounts in policing, to build on progress that has been achieved in London, with the number of young people being injured with a knife, homicides, gun crime with lethal barrel discharges and burglary all down since 2016.”