politics
Nine out of 10 unsolved murders in London linked to non-white victims
Exclusive: analysis risks deepening perception of ‘unequal protection under the law’
TL;DR
- Killers of Black people in London are more likely to get away with their crimes.
- Between 2019-2023, non-white British people made up 61% of homicide victims and 92.9% of unsolved murder cases in London.
- Black victims accounted for 40% of all homicides and 73% of unsolved murder cases during the same period.
- Unsolved shootings accounted for 38% of unsolved murders, more than four times their share of overall homicides.
- Police attribute racial disparities partly to lower trust in law enforcement among Black communities.
- The average age of victims in unsolved cases is 28, significantly younger than the overall homicide victim average of 36.