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London Crime Briefing
Significant incidents, hearings, outcomes and public-data changes across the capital.
Daily news podcast
London Crime News, read aloud
London Crime News · 3 episodes · Updated daily
A bulletin every morning covering the day before: the main London stories, in the order they matter, in about five minutes. Written to be listened to rather than read, and spoken by a synthetic voice.
Latest episode · Saturday, 1 August 2026
Saturday 1 August: Lewisham robber jailed as festival overcrowding injures several
1:48 · Read by a synthetic voice
0:00−1:48
A Lewisham man has been sentenced for robbing a teenager at Stratford Overground station, while a cultural festival in Barnet was halted due to overcrowding injuries. Elsewhere, a former Hackney nurse faces extradition over historic sex charges, and a parole review for a convicted rapist will proceed in private.
In this episode
- Lewisham man jailed for Stratford Overground robbery of teenager
- Ex-nurse extradited from Barbados over Hackney hospital sex charges
- Parole Board to decide Sunny Islam release behind closed doors
- Ghana Party in the Park halted after overcrowding injures several in Barnet
- Police pelted with bottles during Primrose Hill fight on 31 July
- How to report a crime in London: 999, 101, online and on public transport
- What happens after someone is charged with a crime in London?
- How to read London crime statistics without drawing the wrong conclusion
- Stop and search in London: your rights and what the officer must explain
- How to report fraud and cybercrime in London after Action Fraud changed
- Who polices the London Underground, stations and rail network?
- London knife crime statistics: what the figures count and what they leave out
Earlier episodes
Daily bulletin · Friday, 31 July 2026
Friday 31 July: NHS worker falsified records after Barnet patient death
0:00−2:25
Daily bulletin · Wednesday, 29 July 2026
Wednesday 29 July: Met closes guillotine t-shirt probe in Barnet
0:00−1:03