At least 36 people have been fatally stabbed - and 62 overall killed - in London since the beginning of the year.
Met Police records show 37, 443 recorded knife offences and 6,694 recorded gun offences across the UK in the year up to September 2017.
In London, the problem was even more pronounced than the rest of the country, with 12,980 knife crimes taking place in the capital - 2,452 more than the equivalent year.
Four teenagers were stabbed to death in London on New Year's Eve alone, and 22 were killed in March - meaning the capital now has a higher murder rate than New York
The popular US city had a mere 21 killings in comparison.
Commander Neil Jerome of the Met's territorial policing command condemned the crimes, saying the four families had lost a loved one to "senseless violence and the callous use of knives as lethal weapons".
A shocking night of violence took place on February 20, 2018, with six people reportedly stabbed in North London.
Russell Jones, 23, became the eighth person to die in a week after being ambushed outside shops near Ponders End station in Enfield on Saturday, March 17.
On 29 March a 23-year-old man died in hospital from stab wounds after being attacked and left for dead in Greenwich, South East London.
On April 4 a man in his 20s was stabbed to death in Hackney, East London. He was the 13th person to die in London in just 22 days.
There have been a total of six knife attacks across Walthamstow, Mile End and East India Docks.
On Saturday, April 7, a woman was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after stabbing a man outside Highbury and Islington station.
On April 11, a man was hospitalised after being stabbed at DLR station at Stratford station, east London.
A woman in her 20s was arrested after stabbing a man in Isle of Dogs on April 12, 2018.
Over the weekend two more people were fatally stabbed in incidents in Colindale and Brixton.
And April 16, cops were called to Head Street in Limehouse, Tower Hamlets, at 3.18pm today and found the 17-year-old male suffering from multiple wounds.
On April 21, a 20-year-old man was stabbed to death in Finsbury park, marking the 62nd fatal crime fatality in London this year.
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Bayo
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This is thoughtful and very insighful. How I wish the bunch of crmimnal, who now call themselves "leaders" will see beyond their nose-ridges to, for once, get a grip with realities of living. They commit crimes, all in the name of being a political office holder. But if anything, I know that we will all suffer the consequences, including their children, parents and relatives! Thank you Augustine.