LAST year the murder toll in London hit 132 – the highest level for a decade.

But how many murders have there been in the capital so far this year? Here's what we know…

What is London's murder rate?

As of August 27, there were at least 90 murders in London so far in 2019.

They include:

August 12 – A teenager was stabbed to death "with a foot-long machete" in Camden on August 12.

July 25 – Abdullahi Hassan, 20, died during a double stabbing in South Hampstead.

July 12 – Akbar Arizo, 64, and Layla Arizo, 74, were found fatally stabbed inside their home in South West London.

July 11 – Kye Manning, 19, was stabbed to death during fight in Croydon. Just a day earlier, a man in his 20s was stabbed to death in Kidbrooke, South East London.

July 9 – Kwasi Mensah-Ababio, 26, who worked at Wembley Stadium was found slumped near a bench in Monks Park, North London, on Sunday evening.

July 3 – Kelly Mary Fauvrelle, 26, was eight months pregnant and found with stab injuries at her home in Thornton Heath

June 26 – Yusuf Mohamed, 18, was fatally stabbed in the heart while he was out buying milk for his mum.

June 15 – Gleb Stanislavovitch Zhebrovsky, 34, was stabbed to death in a field next to a nursery and a mosque in Tower Hamlets, East London, just before 2pm.

June 14 – Cheyon Evans, 18, was stabbed to death on the Aboyne Estate in Tooting, South London.

Minutes later, cops were called to Plumstead, south-east London, where a 19-year-old man was shot dead.

June 4 – Adrian Murphy, 43, was found dead inside a luxury riverside apartment in Battersea.

May 30 – Graham Howe, 53, was killed following an altercation in a pub in North Wembley.

May 28 – Ismaila Ceesay, 33, was killed after being stabbed in the abdomen in Forest Gate, east London.

May 23 – Tatania and Vladimir Koudriavtsev, were discovered dead in their Kensington flat.

May 16 – Barrington Davis was found dead in his flat in south-east London.

Initially the 54-year-old's death was treated as non-suspicious however a post-mortem test revealed he had suffered multiple stab wounds.

May 11 – Erik San-Fillipo, 23, was found dead in a wheelie been in north London.

May 5 –  Junior Urugbezi-Edwards, 18, was stabbed to death after being chased down a street in south-east London.

May 1 – Tashaun Aird was murdered in Hackney during another night of bloodshed that also saw a man brutally attacked outside Camden Town tube station in North London.

April 26 – Joshua White, 29, was attacked in Homerton and died of his injuries in hospital.

April 26 – Amy Parsons, 35, was found dead at her flat in Whitechapel, east London.

April 26 – Henriett Szucs was found dead. Her body was found shoved inside a chest freezer in an East London flat on April 26 alongside missing mum-of-three Mihrican Mustafa, 38.

April 23 – Meshak Williams, 21, was stabbed to death in Harlesden.

April 17 – Steven Brown, 47, was stabbed to death in Stoke Newington.

April 16 –  Gopinath Kasivisuwanathan, 27, was injured when he was run down during a brawl outside Alperton tube station, in Wembley. He later died in hospital.

April 8 – Noore Bashir Salad, 22, died in Manor Park, East London at around after being stabbed and shot.

April 7 – Annabelle Lancaster, 22,  was found dying in a car park next to the eight-storey tower block in Enfield, North London.

April 2 – Hubert Hall, 60, was found suffering from a head injury in Walthamstow. He later died in hospital.

April 1 – Calvin Bungisa, 22, was stabbed to death after being chased through the streets of London by a gang.

March 29 – Gavin Garraway, 40, was knifed through the window of his car in broad daylight in Clapham, South London, before his attackers sprinted away.

March 28 – Zahir Visiter, 25, found with stab wounds in a housing block in Westminster.

March 27 – Ramane Richard Wiggan, 25, was shot dead in West Norwood.

March 24 – Ravi Katharkamar, 54, Pinner, was found knifed in his Pinner shop and was pronounced dead at the scene.

March 22 – Abdirashid Mohamoud, 17, stabbed to death by a masked man in West London.

March 16 – Nathaniel Armstrong, 29, knifed in Fulham.

March 7 – Ayub Hassan, 17, stabbed to death in Kensington.

Mar 7 – Antoinette Donnegan, 52, Battersea

Mar 6– David Martinez, 26, Leyton

Mar 6 – Laureline Garcia-Bertaux, 34, Kew

Mar 3 – Unnamed man, 37, Soho

Mar 2 – Jolia Bogdan, 3 months, Croydon

Mar 2 –  Elize Linda Stevens, 50, Hendon

Mar 1 – Jodie Chesney, 17, Harold Hill

Feb 26- Che Morrison, 20, Ilford

Feb 25 – David Lopez-Fernandez, 38, Tower Hamlets

Feb 22 – Kamali Gabbidon-Lynck, 19, Wood Green

Feb 21 – Glendon Spence, 23, Brixton

Feb 19 – Brian Wieland, 69, Chingford

Feb 18 – Bright Akinlele, 22, Camden

Feb 10 – Dennis Anderson, 39, East Dulwich

Feb 5 –  Lejean Richards, 19, Battersea

Feb 4 –  Carl Thorpe, 46, Highgate

Jan 29 –  Nedim Bilgin, 17, Islington

Jan 27 – Kamil Malysz, 34, Acton

Jan 11 – Asma Begum, 31, Canning Town

Jan 7 – Jayden Moody, 14, Waltham Forest

Jan 6 – Sarah Ashraf, 35, Isle of Dogs

Jan 4 – Simbiso Aretha Moula, 39, Rainham

Jan 1 – Romanian bouncer, Tudor Simionov, 33, Mayfair

Jan 1 – Charlotte Huggins, 33, who died in Camberwell, London, just after 4am on January 1.

There were 136 murders in the capital in 2018 according to Met figures.

The total number of London murders, excluding victims of terrorism, has shot up by 38 per cent since 2014.

How does London's murder rate compare to New York's?

In 2018, NYC celebrated its first weekend without a murder or shooting in decades.

Shootings are down two per cent on 2017.

The city recorded 289 murders in the first two months of 2018, police data shows.

During the same period London had 70 – less than half.

This means that the NYC figures are higher than London.

However, at the beginning of 2018 it was reported that the crimewave in the UK capital was higher than the American city.

The total number of offences involving a knife or bladed instrument that were recorded by cops in London in the year to March 2018 rose to 40,147, a seven-year-high.

But the Big Apple rate decreased from the end of January to March as London's rose.

When the statistics are weighted for population, the rate of murders per 100,000 people was higher in London than in New York in February and March.

The total number of London murders, excluding victims of terrorism, has shot up by 38 per cent since 2014.

FBI data and studies by the University of California, show that since 1800 London has had a murder rate per person of between half and a 20th of New York’s.

Which city has the highest murder rate in the world?

The city of Los Cabos in Mexico has the highest murder rate in the world, with 113.3 killings per 100,000 people recorded in 2017.

The murder rate in the municipality, at the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula, has tripled in a year — with 560 deaths, up from 192 in 2016.

This gives it a ratio of 113.3 per 100,000 residents.

Caracas, in Venezuela, is the second most violent city in the world with 111.19 per 100,000 in the same year.

The UK’s murder rate was 0.92 per 100,000 in a 2014 UN study.

The average global homicide rate was 7.6.

Why has the murder rate increased in London?

The exact reason for the rise in killings is unclear.

In 2007, there were 496 homicides in New York – three times more than in London.

Last year, there were 132 murders in London, compared with 289 in the Big Apple.

What about the crime rate in the UK as a whole?

Excluding those killed in terror attacks including London Bridge, Westminster and Manchester, there was still a 12 per cent rise in murders – the highest numbers in a decade.

The total number of offences involving a knife or bladed instrument that have been recorded by cops in the year to March 2018 rose to 40,147, a seven-year-high.

There was also a two per cent spike in the number of gun-related crimes too – that is now at 6,492.

The figures revealed there was a 30 per cent rise in robberies to 77,103 in 2017, combined with a six per cent hike in burglaries too – to 437,537.

What is the military doing to help?

The Defence Secretary is ready to send in the army to help tackle the spiralling knife crime crisis.

Gavin Williamson said the MoD “would always be ready to respond” as the Government was blasted for its lack of action.

Met Police chief Cressida Dick earlier said she would not rule out asking troops to help battle the menace on London’s streets.

In reply, the Defence Secretary said the Armed Forces “always stand ready to help any government department”.

He added: “As we look at all of this, obviously our thoughts and prayers are with those family and friends of those who have lost someone.

“I know that the Home Secretary is looking very closely at how he can ensure that everything is done to tackle this problem at the moment.”

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