London Murder Rate Overtakes New York as Knife Crime Rises

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOV. 15: The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan meets with students from Evelyn Grace Academy and influential young Londoners and campaigners during the 'London Needs You Alive - Don't Carry A Knife' photocall at Photofusion Studio on Nov.15, 2017 in London. Photo by Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images

London police investigated more murders than their New York counterparts did over the last two months, statistics show, as the British capital’s mayor vowed to fight a “violent scourge” on the streets.

There were 15 murders in London in February against 14 in New York, according to London’s Metropolitan Police Service and the New York Police Department. For March, 22 murders were investigated in London, with 21 reports in New York.