{"id":308877,"date":"2026-01-12T15:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/london-murder-rate-hits-historic-low-as-police-chief-rejects-claims-city-is-unsafe\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:00:05","slug":"london-murder-rate-hits-historic-low-as-police-chief-rejects-claims-city-is-unsafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/london-murder-rate-hits-historic-low-as-police-chief-rejects-claims-city-is-unsafe\/","title":{"rendered":"London murder rate hits historic low as police chief rejects claims city is unsafe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/aHU1Tejzlhs\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"London murder rate hits historic low as police chief rejects claims city is unsafe\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aHU1Tejzlhs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>London&#8217;s police chief has rejected claims that the city is getting more unsafe, as figures show the capital&#8217;s murder rate is now at its lowest for a decade. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s fallen lower than other cities like New York, Berlin, Paris and Milan.Sir Mark Rowley suggested that angry and partisan language used on social media was not helping the debate, declaring &quot;the truth is ever less present&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London&#8217;s police chief has rejected claims that the city is getting more unsafe, as figures show the capital&#8217;s murder rate is now at its lowest for a decade. 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