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   From: emailbarry@yahoo.com   
      
   London became a bit more like New York City in February, but it's not   
   a distinction to be proud of.   
      
   The city of Big Ben and the tube overtook New York in murders for the   
   first time in modern history as the British capital dealt with a surge   
   in knife attacks.   
      
   The Sunday Times reported 15 people were murdered in London, against   
   14 in New York. Both cities are very diverse with large populations:   
   London has over 8.7 million residents to New York’s 8.5 million.   
      
   In March, according to the British publication, there had been 22   
   killings in London versus 21 in New York.   
      
   A massive decline in crime has helped to transform New York City: In   
   1990, of 2,245 people were murdered. Last year, however, that number   
   dropped nearly 90 percent to 290 murders.   
      
   The total number of murders in London has fluctuated over the years,   
   but it’s risen by 38 percent since 2014.   
      
   The Sunday Times reports that FBI data and crime studies show that   
   since 1800 London has typically had a murder rate per person of   
   between half and a 20th of New York’s.   
      
   Including January, London still has fewer murders so far this year —   
   45 against 55 — and its total in 2017 was also lower. But the gap has   
   narrowed in recent years.   
      
   Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said websites and   
   mobile phone applications such as YouTube, Snapchat and Instagram were   
   partially to blame for the bloodshed, the Evening Standard reports.   
      
   Deadly stabbings in England and Wales are now at their highest levels   
   since 2011, rising by 12 percent in the year ending December 2017.   
      
   http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/04/01/london-murder-rate-beats   
   new-york-for-month-as-stabbings-surge.html   
      
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