BLACK women in London are experiencing higher rates of femicide than any other ethnic group, new figures have revealed.

Met Police statistics obtained through a Freedom of Information request show black women, making up just 14 per cent of the city’s female population, accounted for nine out of 21 femicides recorded in 2022 (43 per cent) and eight out of 13 in 2023 (62 per cent). 

Mother-of-three Keisha Christodoulou was fatally stabbed 17 times in her living room in 2022. Her ex partner, Leon Murray, was charged with her murder.