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Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has dismissed US President Donald Trump's claims about London being dangerous as "complete nonsense." In an LBC Radio interview with Nick Ferrari, Rowley refuted Trump's assertions about "no-go areas" and presented stark statistics showing London is safer than American cities.
Trump recently attacked London in a GB News interview, claiming the city has areas where "people being stabbed in the ass or worse" and where police don't want to go. He called Mayor Sadiq Khan a "disaster" and contrasted today's London with the city his mother once loved.
Rowley countered with hard data. He told LBC: "There's no no-go areas, that's completely false." He emphasized: "How anybody in America can suggest the UK is violent is completely ridiculous."
Crime Rate Reality
The Metropolitan Police chief provided detailed comparisons. "The homicide rate in London is lower than every single US state. It's lower than all their big cities," Rowley said. The murder rate in New York last time he looked is "three or four times higher than London per capita."
London also outperforms major European cities. Rowley noted the capital's homicide rate is lower than Toronto, Paris, Brussels, and Berlin. "This is a safe city. I'm not going to pretend it's perfect," he stated.
Ongoing Feud
Trump's criticism of London has become a recurring theme in his attacks on Khan. The former and current US president has repeatedly targeted the London mayor, falsely claiming Khan wants to implement Sharia law.
Khan has previously responded to Trump's fixation. In an exclusive interview with Metro, the mayor joked: "I think he's got a crush on me." He added: "I'm living rent free inside Donald Trump's head." Khan suggested Trump's focus stems from him being "a Muslim mayor who leads a liberal, multicultural, successful, diverse city."
Khan had previously called Trump "racist, sexist and Islamophobic."
Rowley refused to engage with Trump's personal attacks on Khan, saying he would "leave the political sparring to the politicians." But he issued a clear call to action about London's reputation: "This trend of trying to rubbish London, some of which is driven by politics, we who are proud Londoners, need to fight back about it."
Note: This article was created with Artificial Intelligence (AI).
