{"id":93195,"date":"2019-07-16T06:51:29","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T06:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tesyouth.org\/t\/?p=93195"},"modified":"2023-07-11T15:18:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T15:18:31","slug":"poverty-link-to-youth-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tesyouth.org\/t\/poverty-link-to-youth-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Poverty link&#8217; to youth violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New figures from Mayor of London Sadiq Khan show what he says is a clear link between poverty in the capital and the rise in serious youth violence.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-93197\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tesyouth.org\/t\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Poverty-Crime.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tesyouth.org\/t\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Poverty-Crime.jpg 427w, https:\/\/www.tesyouth.org\/t\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Poverty-Crime-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/>The data shows that the poorest areas of London are most likely to experience the highest levels of serious crime among youngsters.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/data.london.gov.uk\/dataset\/a-public-health-approach-to-serious-youth-violence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">data comes<\/a> amid fears that the end of the school year could see a rise in knife crime across major cities.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Khan says he is funding 43 summer projects for vulnerable youngsters. He is also appealing to the government for more cash.<\/p>\n<p>London has experienced a rise in killings since 2012 &#8211; and 2018 was the worst year on record for the city for a decade.<\/p>\n<p><strong>London violence: Some key statistics<\/strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Between 2012 and 2017, the number of under-25s who were killed doubled to 64, before dropping back to 52 last year<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The number of deaths linked to criminal gangs has slowly grown, reaching 44 last year<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The number of people stabbed to death has also gone up year-on-year since 2014, to 81 fatalities in 2018<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>In 2018 there were 135 killings in London. As of 7 July this year, there had been 74<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The study for the mayor&#8217;s office shows that the poorer an area of the city is, the higher the rates of youth violence are likely to be. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-48982989\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New figures from Mayor of London Sadiq Khan show what he says is a clear link between poverty in the capital and the rise in serious youth violence. 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