Violence against women rises nearly 40% in London

I think this in part is due to higher reporting, encouraged by change of societal opinion and support from DV agencies.

Sadiq Khan is the Police and Crime commissioner for London, he has the power to direct police resources and focus.

He is also the man that spent millions on the Maaaate campaign. Khan is spending millions on advertising (all the TFL adverts telling you to tie you shoelaces and don't run, walk etc).

It's virtue signalling, he knows London's reputation is in the bin globally but isn't interested.

PS IWant is this a one-woman campaign to ditch the feminism chat forum and have everything in one place?

If I had a pound for every time I hear "London has never been Safer, it's only people's perception of crime that has changed. It's because more people are reporting crime." Gaslighting and lies. Again we are being bullied into denying what we see with our own eyes. What we experience on our streets It's not only London, it's the same in cities up and down the country. All the work done over the years to stop unwanted catcalling from building sites yet now schoolgirls walking past groups of men being leered at and propositioned is something we just have to accept as these men 'don't understand'. Men becoming aggressive and violent when women don't respond to their attention. Sadiq Khan waves it away. Only high profile muggings and attacks get any coverage which is infuriating. Who fucking cares if your rolex has been snatched, why is your hurt more important than all of us who suffer phone thefts and other street crime.

Wasn't there a new specific crime for stalking in the early 2010s? Some of the increase could be the public becoming aware of that and starting to report things they might not have realised were criminal before.
I hate when people smooth out graphs which contain a low number of items. It looks like there are trends when it's just one year's blip. At absolute minimum put dots on the actual data points.

I suspect this is more about reporting - either women being more prepared to report or police officers being encouraged to document crime more (possibly, even, an explosion in historical offences, depending on what figures the reports document).

The Crime Survey For England and Wales (CSEW), which is generally thought to be more reliable for showing long term trends, shows violent crime against women is down over the last 10 years (there are a couple of categories that are up, but overall, it's down). And it shows that violent crime in London is down over the last 10 years (police figures show and increase in reports).

CSEW doesn't publish sex differentiated figures by region, but it seems most likely that if the Met police report an increase against both women and men when CSEW show a decrease, and CSEW shows a decrease for violent crime against women across the country, that the London figures are about police processes and not the actual incidence.

Which isn't to diminish the seriousness of violence against women or the need to tackle it. Just don't like women getting more concerned about their safety if it's not valid as fear can really dampen our ability to engage in the world.

More dreadful guys like this/the pervs near my workplace- can we stop letting them hang out in the UK please?

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From https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/yearendingseptember2025: "In YE September 2025, the police recorded 6.7 million crimes, similar to the previous year (6.7 million crimes) and up from 4.2 million in YE March 2015. Increases since YE March 2015 are largely because of changes in police activity and recording practices. While some of the rise may reflect genuine changes in trends in crimes reported to and recorded by police, these figures are largely influenced by improvements in recording standards. As a result, police recorded crime is not generally considered a reliable indicator of overall crime trends.

For further information see His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services' report, How effectively do the police record crime?."

From the HMI report: "In 2014, we estimated that forces recorded 80.5 percent of all crime. This included recording 66.9 percent of violent crime and 74.2 percent of sexual offences. For 2023–25, we estimated that forces recorded 94.8 percent of all crime. This included recording 93.6 percent of violent crime and 95.9 percent of sexual offences."

Could it be that more women are reporting these incidents rather than just tolerating them?

Sadiq Khan has made it clear he doesn't give a damn about women's rights or safety, that has to be a factor.