Women's Safety

Names and faces of some of the women killed in London in 2023

London violence 2023: Every woman killed in the capital this year

Aaisha Hasan

‘Her murder has left her children without a mother’

Detectives have identified two men they want to speak to after a police officer reported being sexually assaulted at last year’s Notting Hill Carnival. (MPS)

Notting Hill Carnival: Video after Met officer reports sexual assaults

Zara Aleena in the woods - her family say she loved nature.

Zara Aleena: Vigil on anniversary of Ilford murder

Double killer Christopher Halliwell murder Sian O’Callaghan, 22, and Becky Godden-Edwards, 20, who had both been abducted after leaving nightclubs. There have been claims the murderer could be linked to 27 other deaths.

Sian’s Law tightening security checks on cab drivers come into effect

David Carrick (left) and Wayne Couzens (right) were both serving Met Police officers when they committed their crimes. Credit: MPS

Parliamentary protection unit - the Met Police’s ‘dark corner’

There will be free sanitary products, breast-feeding areas and more support for women on the day

London Marathon to hand out free sanitary products in this year’s race

The Met Police at a crime scene.

Met Police: 13 sexual misconduct complaints not formally probed

Cervical cancer screening rates in London are in crisis, Labour says. Photo: Getty/Flourish/NHS

Cervical screening ‘crisis’: London has lowest take up in England

Constance Marten and Mark Gordon have been missing for two weeks with no medical intervention for their newborn. Credit: Met Police

Constance Marten: When did couple go missing and when was baby born?

Mark and Constance. Photo: Met Police

Constance Marten: £10k reward to find missing couple and newborn baby

BBC presenter Jill Dando was murdered in 1999. Photo: Netflix

The story of the Jill Dando murder - ahead of Netflix series

London mayor Sadiq Khan, left, and Met Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley. Photo: Getty

Sadiq Khan: City Hall to give £14m to Met Police

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley

Met Police: Two or three officers in court charged with crimes a WEEK

Women’s charity Refuge has placed 1,071 ‘bad apples’ outside the Met Police HQ in London. Photo: LondonWorld

Met Police: Refuge place 1,071 ‘bad apples’ outside New Scotland Yard

Flowers left in tribute to Zara Aleena. Photos: Wes Streeting MP and Met Police

Probation service: ‘Alarming’ staffing crisis threatens future

Police are hunting for a man who flashed teenage girls and performed “sexual acts” on himself while on buses in north London. Photo: Met Police

Met Police: Hunt for flasher who performed ‘sex acts’ on buses

Sir Mark Rowley, the new Metropolitan Police Commissioner. Getty

Met Police: Force has arrested 38 officers in anti-corruption probes

Met Police officer PC David Carrick has confessed to 49 offences.

David Carrick: New calls to Met Police over rapist cop

Marcelle DaCosta was found guilty of raping a woman while she slept at a north London party. Credit: Met Police

Man found guilty of raping woman at Enfield party while she was asleep

David Carrick has been sacked by the Met. Photo: LW/Met

David Carrick: ‘I’ll believe the Met Police ‘get it’ when I see it’ Jessica Frank-Keyes

Serving Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick who has pleaded guilty to 49 offences, including 24 counts of rape, against 12 women between 2003 and 2020. Credit: Met Police

David Carrick: Met Police officer admits string of 24 rapes

PC David Carrick has admitted 49 sex attacks over an 18-year period. Credit: Facebook

David Carrick: Serial rapist officer disbarred from Met Police

These are the faces of some of the women who were killed by men in the capital this year

Names and faces of the women killed in London in 2022

From left: Sherry Izadi, Anoosheh Ashoori, Nazanin Boniadi, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Tim Hatley at The Rings of Power world premiere in Leicester Square. Photo: Getty

2022 best news stories: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to Windrush artwork

Taiwo has been missing since early December. Photo: Met Police

Taiwo Balogun: CCTV released in search for missing Bexley woman

Ex-PC Hassan Mahmood went to a sex worker’s home in 2021 while Covid pandemic tier rules were still in force. Photo: Getty

Met Police: Serving cop broke lockdown to pay for sex - then hit woman

A man has been arrested after a 22-year-old woman died in a collision in the early hours of Christmas Day morning. Photo: Getty

Brent Cross fatal: Man arrested after woman, 22, dies in crash

Undated family handout file photo issued by the Metropolitan Police of Zara Aleena. Sexual predator Jordan McSweeney, 29, has pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to the murder of the law graduate.

Zara Aleena murder: Jordan McSweeney sentenced to 38 years behind bars

The messages were sent on a WhatsApp group. (Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

Met Police: Officers dismissed over offensive WhatsApps

Met Police HQ. Credit: Jack Taylor/Getty Images

Met Police officer charged with two counts of rape

Met Police detectives are appealing for the public’s help in tracing two men involved in the incident. Photo: Met

Woman with fractured skull after man throws canister outside nightclub

Undated family handout file photo issued by the Metropolitan Police of Zara Aleena. Sexual predator Jordan McSweeney, 29, has pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to the murder of the law graduate.

Zara Aleena: Man, 29, pleads guilty to killing woman in Ilford

Troy Maurice. Photo: Met Police

Sex attacker kept student hostage in her flat during 12-hour ordeal

Police would like to identify this man after a woman was sexually assaulted on a bus in Southwark. Photo: Met Police

Met Police: Man sought after woman sexually assaulted on Southwark bus

A serving Met Police detective has been sacked over his “repugnant” sexual harassment of a junior female colleague. Stock image of police. Photo: Getty

Met detective who sexually harassed junior female colleague sacked

Police officers form a cordon as well-wishers gather at a vigil in honour of murder victim Sarah Everard. Photo: Getty

‘Thousands’ of corrupt and predatory police officers may be in jobs

Protests after the death of Sarah Everard. Photo: Getty

Women’s safety: Average of 25 rapes reported a day in London

Protesters calling for greater public safety for women after the death of Sarah Everard. Photo: Getty

Met Police: Force recruits highest ever number of officers and women

Rex Orange County is accused of assaulting the woman in a taxi.

Rex Orange County: Singer charged with six counts of sexual assault