Bromley is bucking the capital’s knife-crime trend despite two high-profile attacks in recent weeks.

Superintendent Craig Knight from the Met Police said stabbings and blade attacks in Bromley are rarer than the rest of London where, in some boroughs, there have been shocking increases of up to 40 per cent.

The top cop made the claim despite two stabbings, one of which was fatal, in Anerley this month.

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Ayodeji Habeeb Azeez, 22, was killed in broad daylight in Samos Road on November 4 after being attacked by a group.

He was pronounced dead at the scene after being stabbed multiple times.

Supt Knight told a safer partnerships meeting today, November 29: “Knife crime in Bromley has seen a 17 per cent decrease in the last 12 months.

“Across London there has been something like a 7.9 per cent increase, in some place closer to 40. Overall, these are good numbers and good figures.”

 

The scene in Anerley earlier this month

Violent crime in general has gone down in the borough, despite a London-wide gangs and serious violence epidemic.

The meeting was told it is burglaries that are shooting up in the borough ahead of the longer and darker winter nights.

“That is generally seasonal, we see that every year,” the police superintendent told members.

“For some reason this year it is a little bit sharper than others.

“Burglary is showing a 4.2 per cent increase for the rolling 12 months as a result of the spike because of the winter nights drawing in.

“There will be a number of additional resources coming in from central London and we will be working too with Kent and Surrey Police, I am hoping that spike will begin to decrease.”

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Latest stats show there has been a surge in reports of burglaries by nearly 40 per cent, up from 163 in September to 225 in October.

The superintendent said more needs to be done to prevent crimes such as theft, suggesting a “name and shame policy” for households leaving doors and windows open.

“Unless people take basic crime prevention advice themselves, we are going to see these incidents. Moving into the new year I’d like to focus on a crime prevention campaign.

“Something I would advocate is a name and shame policy, blanking out the relevant address obviously – those kind of campaigns generate a lot of interest and can be used to good effect.”