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The City of London is very small, safe (quick look online returns that the crime rate is "73% lower than London and 67% lower than national average"), and very rich, and obviously right in the middle of a top world city. So I am guessing that their police force is well resourced, able to attract "top talent", and not bogged down by anti-social and petty crime.

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It's also mostly an office district. Not many people live there. It's mostly a ghost town at night and weekends.

I'm always suspicious of low crime rates - often it means people don't bother reporting crimes as they know nothing will happen.

IE, if I get robbed in the City of London is it even worth calling the police?

Why would there be a difference in reporting in the City vs the rest of London?

The City Police have a very, small patch and little violent crime, but are geared up to deal with IRA/ISIS-type threats. Part of this means they have surveillance coverage of virtually the entire areas. It also mean that they can get anywhere very, very quickly.

Yes it is, a friend had their laptop stolen, the police tracked down the offenders within 2 hours and returned the items. What they also don’t tell you is that it’s a dystopian panopticon and runs on a slightly different legal system than the rest of the U.K.

Impressive! TBH I'd rather that dystopia than the one where people are constantly having their things stolen with zero recourse.

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