Knife crime in particular continues to be a colossal problem in London, with a total of 18 teenagers stabbed to death in the capital city in 2023, with Croydon, Lambeth and Newham the areas most plagued
Fifteen of the 79 people to have died in the capital so far this year have been teenagers, according to data compiled by the PA news agency. A 15-year-old girl named locally in Croydon as Elianne Andam was the latest to die on Wednesday.