By Chris Williamson-
Three stabbings have left one person dead and two in hospital before New Year’s Eve in London, according to reports. The incidents occurred in Lambeth and and in Deptford on December 30 and 31- are not thought to be connected.
Officers were first called with reports of an incident in Tram Close in Lambeth shortly after 4pm on December 30. A 31-year-old man was found suffering stab wounds.
Both victim’s conditions are not believed to be life-changing or threatening.
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There have been no arrests.
The next day – New Year’s Eve – a 23-year-old man died after he was stabbed in Deptford.
The incident happened in Grove Street near Evelyn Street at around 12.35pm today (December 31).
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Officers and London Ambulance Service crews attended and found a man who had been stabbed.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
No arrests have been made and police enquiries remain ongoing.
The number of deaths for the same period was lower. On New Year’s Eve 2024, 16-year-old Harry Pitman was fatally stabbed in Primrose Hill shortly before midnight.
In one of the deadliest New Year periods on record, four young men were killed in unrelated stabbings across London between New Year’s Eve and the early hours of New Year’s Day.
While the number of fatalities for this specific 48-hour period remained at one (matching last year), broader 2025 data reflects shifting crime patterns.
Overall homicides in London for the first nine months of 2025 (70 total) were at their lowest level since 2003, a 16% reduction from the same period in 2024.
Despite lower homicide rates, police-recorded knife offences in London rose by 9% in the year ending March 2025 (16,344 vs. 15,016), largely driven by increased reporting of possession and robberies.
Conversely, “violence with injury” offences fell by 18% in the same reporting period, suggesting that while more knives are being carried or used for threats/robberies, the rate of physical harm is decreasing.
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