Met chief says London is ‘fantastically safe’ as homicide rate falls

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley says UK capital is a place to ‘live, work and enjoy yourself’

The Metropolitan police commissioner has described London as a “fantastically safe” city as the force announced a drop in homicide rates last year.

Sir Mark Rowley said the capital was a place to “live, work and enjoy yourself” as he visited a boxing gym in Ilford, east London, on Thursday.