Black Londoners

Shaun Bailey AM moved, and Susan Hall AM seconded the following altered motion:

“In the current Mayor’s term of office (2016-2020) 43.8% of all victims of homicides in London were black, despite only making up 13.3% of the population. This Assembly notes that homicides in London have fallen by 15.8% in 2020 compared to a decrease of 12% nationally. This Assembly further notes that that according to the Office of National Statistics, the homicide rate for Black victims nationally has been increasing steadily since the year ending March 2015. In the three years ending March 2020, the number of black victims of homicide nationally increased by 68% compared with the three-year period to year ending March 2014. Therefore, this Assembly calls on the Mayor to undertake a review specifically on why the murder rate among the black community is so high, and then work with the Home Secretary to develop deliverable actions to save the lives of black Londoners.” 

Following debate and upon being put to a vote, the altered motion was agreed unanimously.