▲ 193 ▼ 93 murders in London (pop: ~9million) in 12 months. London's murder rate is now at the lowest level for decades (lemmy.world) submitted 11 months ago by dwouu@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world 7 comments fedilink hide all child comments Source: Police Homicide dashboard data (Homicide Victims) / MPS Monthly Crime Data Dashboard
[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 9 points 11 months ago (1 child) You can rule them suicides/accidents sometimes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago In the UK it's the coroner who makes that descision (unless, e.g. someone dies in hospital and a doctor can see what they died of), and they're independent of the police, so it'd become a multi-agency coverup if they were doing that. It's the Met, though, so they might just not notice bodies in the first place or be able to add up the numbers they get from the coroner once they get into double figures. For an organisation so institutionally incompetant as the Met, you have to apply Hanlon's Razor by default. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago In the UK it's the coroner who makes that descision (unless, e.g. someone dies in hospital and a doctor can see what they died of), and they're independent of the police, so it'd become a multi-agency coverup if they were doing that. It's the Met, though, so they might just not notice bodies in the first place or be able to add up the numbers they get from the coroner once they get into double figures. For an organisation so institutionally incompetant as the Met, you have to apply Hanlon's Razor by default. permalink fedilink source parent
