Nearly one in four Londoners have been attacked or threatened with violence in the last five years, a shock new poll has found.

Research by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) found around 2 million people had fallen victim to violence or been threatened in the period.

The shocking number comes as analysis shows that violence in London cost taxpayers around £7 billion in 2023.

The polling, commissioned by the CSJ and conducted by Survation, revealed that a tenth of Londoners know…