Violent criminality bounces back to pre-coronavirus levels

Violent criminality has climbed back to pre-coronavirus levels prompting warnings from London’s mayor and Birmingham’s police commissioner that it could escalate further as the pandemic crisis hits the economy.

Sadiq Khan told the Guardian he believed there was “a real risk of violent crime spiking as lockdown is eased” and demanded ministers make good shortfalls to police and youth services budgets to head off the perceived danger.