London increased from just 78 in 2012 to 472 in 2017, and then 123 in 2019. Although overall crime in London has also risen in a similar time period, this type of attack has grown at a far more rapid rate. Most acid attacks in 2017 were committed by young men against other young men, while many of the targets are people riding mopeds. The number of acid attacks in 2018 fell by approximately 160 offences when compared with 2017, to 310.
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Metropolitan Police. (August 25, 2019). Number of violent corrosive fluid offences recorded by the London Metropolitan Police from 2002 to 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 06, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/888324/acid-attacks-in-london/
Metropolitan Police. "Number of violent corrosive fluid offences recorded by the London Metropolitan Police from 2002 to 2019." Chart. August 25, 2019. Statista. Accessed May 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/888324/acid-attacks-in-london/
Metropolitan Police. (2019). Number of violent corrosive fluid offences recorded by the London Metropolitan Police from 2002 to 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/888324/acid-attacks-in-london/
Metropolitan Police. "Number of Violent Corrosive Fluid Offences Recorded by The London Metropolitan Police from 2002 to 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Aug 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/888324/acid-attacks-in-london/
Metropolitan Police, Number of violent corrosive fluid offences recorded by the London Metropolitan Police from 2002 to 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/888324/acid-attacks-in-london/ (last visited May 06, 2024)
Number of violent corrosive fluid offences recorded by the London Metropolitan Police from 2002 to 2019 [Graph], Metropolitan Police, August 25, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/888324/acid-attacks-in-london/