Fury as figures reveal Sadiq Khan has overseen biggest-ever jumps in knife possession on record
MAYOR of London SADIQ Khan oversaw the biggest- ever jump in knife possession on record, the Sun on Sunday can reveal.
The number of people reported to the police for carrying a knife soared to record levels in 2018.
Analysis of police data shows that since Khan took office in 2016, knifepoint robberies have more than doubled to almost 10,000 a year.
During that period, threats to kill with a knife nearly tripled to more than 1,000 a year and fatal stabbings rose 38 per cent, hitting a record high of more than 100 a year.
Meanwhile, the average number of knifepoint rapes and sexual assaults jumped by two thirds.
In 2018, knife possession jumped 30 per cent to hit a record high.
Last week, The Sun told how the stepmother of slain girl scout Jodie Chesney had branded Sir Sadiq’s knighthood, for services to politics, a “total joke”.
Jodie, 17, was fatally stabbed in March 2019 by two yobs who mistook the sixth-form pupil for a rival gang member.
The Mayor’s spokesman insisted the number of people injured by knives in London had decreased since Mr Khan succeeded Boris Johnson – but our statistics show that on almost every other measure, knife crime is significantly worse.
Jodie’s heartbroken stepmum Joanne, 42, said: “It is ridiculous for Khan to claim that knife crime is down.
“Every day we hear about another stabbing, like the one in Woolwich.
“The Met Police haven’t been given the power they need to fight knife crime.
“The capital is going feral as a result, while Khan just wants to bury his head in the sand.”
The Mayor’s spokesman added that nothing was “more important” to him than keeping Londoners safe, saying: “The number of young people being injured with knives is down and there were fewer homicides of people under 25 in London last year than in any year since 2003.”