Dwayne Hards Reports: Gangs all over the local media for all of the wrong reasons

Dwayne Hards: Gang Violence is increasing by the minute and flooding local papers for the wrong reasons.

Gang Violence is wrecking lives & is unacceptable.

Gang-related violence has plummeted in London since the 2011 riots despite a recent spike in violent crime, according to new figures.

There have been 89 violent deaths in London since January and violent crime has risen by 40% since 2010.

Gang-related violent crime has nearly halved over the same period, according to Met Police figures obtained by the BBC.

But some experts are unconvinced the statistics really show gangs have gone.

The Met Police has put the drop down to the implementation of the Gang Violence Matrix.

The database, set up in the wake of the 2011 riots, holds information on about 3,800 people of interest.

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