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Welcome To London Crime! We give you an insight into the city’s crime history, true crime books, crime fiction books, British gangster films, attractions, crime prevention, and much more. If you love the city as much as we do, then you’re in the right place!
London’s crime history is intriguing, gritty, sometimes brutal and gruesome, but it is a truly captivating subject. If you love the often publicized and romanticized history behind the gangster underworld, or if you just want to find a place where you can find British gangster films, crime fiction books, or true crime and autobiographies, or take a browse through a slice of gangster history, then you need to go no further than us! This is the place to be for the history and stories of gangsters, crooks, and villains of London’s past.
Our intention has never been to romanticize crime; as a team, we hold the view that crime should remain a matter of historical record and fiction. We appreciate the journeys of former criminals who have renounced their pasts and transitioned into successful business leaders, and those who have left the criminal life behind them and concentrate on educating the youth of today in not getting into a life of crime. Our focus is not on current crime or the latest developments in London or its surrounding areas; rather, we examine the lessons of history.
Sadly, Knife crime in the UK is always prevalent in our news and appears to be steadily rising for reasons including homicide, attempted murder, threats to kill, assault, robbery, rape and sexual assault. Our streets no longer feel safe, communities are shattered through loss of young lives and imprisonments and it needs to stop NOW. we are behind some great organisations that are aiming to reduce knife crime in London and beyond. Crime can have a devastating affect on it’s victims and ruins the lives of families of both the victims and the criminals, often leaving mental health issues in everyone involved (not something to be proud of). We are putting together a page on crime prevention, we’ll be looking at organisations on knife crime, cybersecurity, fraud, security and much more.. well worth a visit when this section gets completed.
We showcase some fantastic British gangster movies, documentaries, facts (check out the A TO Z) crime fiction books and non fiction books plus areas that you can research crime history, the gangsters of past and present! We like to give an honest review of what we see as the best crime films that appear here, but bear in mind, everyone’s tastes differ!
TEAM LONDON CRIME
The team come from a variety of backgrounds and we Love the city!, you can read more about us here the londoncrime team. Between us, despite our various, diverse backgrounds, we love to read great books and watch great films, but we also share the same Love of it’s dark History. If you have questions, reach out to us on social media, we’d love to hear from you!
LONDONCRIME BOOKS
True London Crime Books and Autobiographies
For books, we have the best in top autobiographies from well known Gangsters and Villains, and if you want to learn more about the Hatton garden heist, Brinks-matt, bank robberies, or gain an insight into the lives of Ronnie and Reggie, the Kray twins, Billy Hill, Freddie Foreman, the Richardson’s and many more, then stay a while and take a look around! We are adding books, films and info for all fans of gangland history and you’ll be certain to find books that relate to what you are looking into. Want the best in crime fiction books? LondonCrime features the best thrillers and crime fiction books for 2024, or if you are looking for autobiographies and non-fiction books from some of the top underworld names, then you are in the right place!
London Crime Fiction Books
We at Londoncrime have developed some great relationships with some terrific authors of London based crime fiction books. We read what we add to the site, so you can be sure of the best fiction books out there! We promote crime fiction books from some amazing independent authors as well as true crime books that are written by the people that have lived the life in the gangster Underworld! (which is great for researching Crime history) Look out also for books about our Police to get an understanding of life on the thin blue line! In our eyes, some of these are the best crime fiction books of 2026…
London Crime History
Get Crime history in our A TO Z, learn about the villians and gangsters from days gone. We have books about the famous Kray twins, Charlie Richardson, London’s gangs and many more books that cover the history of the crime scene throughout the years. Within the A to Z of Crime, we will be including big names, crimes, streets and places of interest of the City and surrounding boroughs. With additional links to sites and YouTube videos that may be of interest if you are researching anything or anyone that we have listed.
LONDON CRIME AND GANGSTER MOVIES
Where can you find the best British crime dramas or crime movies? Within our list of great films, there may be a gem you’ve never seen before, or you may be reminded of something you want to watch again. We have some of the best Crime and gangster films . Some great films can be missed because the films go straight to DVD or digital streaming services. check out our crime film page, buy some popcorn, and check out the great London gangster thriller films that are out now on DVD or digital downloads!
London Attractions and Tours
We love the city’s crime history, the historic places and people. Here you will find plenty of things to do. We have links to sites full of information/history, we also show you where to visit that you may or may not have heard of! Set yourself up for some amazing days out , you can check out the best places to visit first to ensure you plan your day well in advance.
Visiting doesn’t have to be all about the popular tourism stuff and the well known London tourist attractions, but you can spend considerable time doing alternative tourist attractions and other terrific things to do on your visit. A city steeped in history and mystery (and sometimes unpredictable weather!) and plenty of visitor attractions for some fantastic days out. But why stick to the ordinary tourist spots? Why not take a look at some of the lesser known attractions and things to do around the great city? Scare yourself silly or explore the fascinating crime History.
We at London Crime provide links to websites of interest, an A to Z (Which will go into some in-depth articles about Crime History and people, plus books or DVDs of relevance, we leave it to you to decide on the guilt or innocence of any of the cases on this site. You may not be aware of some of the stories, so if criminal history and gangsters is something that intrigues and fascinates and you want to research them, you will find plenty of links to news articles, websites of interest, YouTube videos, books and DVDs to satisfy the enquiring mind. And don’t forget, we do have an amazing collection of London crime fiction books. A lot of time has been put into the original layout of the website, but we got to over two hundred pages of crime fiction, true crime books, and films. We recently decided to reduce the amount of pages on the site, and launch a whole new look. This has made the site easier to manage overall, so expect to see new content here regularly as we delve into more films, fiction and true crime.. plus we will be adding more to the A TO Z of London crime.
As previously mentioned, we are not here to glamourise crime, this is history! I am excited for the future as I will be adding to the site in the near future with ways to protect yourself from being a victim of crime, articles on organisations involved in security of you, your home, and your online presence.
Enjoy your stay, we hope you find the site enjoyable and informative.. if you wish to contact us, checkout the info at the bottom of the page and send us an email! You can follow us on Social media too.. Welcome to London crime!