Welcome
Lymer Self-Defence – London offer courses and information on personal safety, situational awareness, conflict management and self-defence. We provide these courses to both private and public sector businesses and employees.
Self-defence is a ‘legal term’.
Self-defence is not a combat sport.
Self-defence is not martial arts.
If you study combat sports or martial arts looking to defend yourself…legally…good luck. Our self-defence course is legally defensible, which means you are bang on in terms of what you can and cannot do.
Check out our introduction video...
Find out more below and if you have any questions, please feel free to book a call or contact us.
Welcome
Lymer Self Defence – London offer courses and information on personal safety, situational awareness, conflict management and self-defence. We provide these courses to both private and public sector businesses and employees.
Self-defence is a ‘legal term’.
Self-defence is not a combat sport.
Self-defence is not martial arts.
If you study combat sports or martial arts looking to defend yourself…legally…good luck. Our self-defence course is legally defensible, which means you are bang on in terms of what you can and cannot do.
Check out our introduction video...
Find out more below and if you have any questions, please feel free to book a call or contact us.
Why Train With Us?
“Personal safety, situational awareness and conflict management skills should be the first line of defence in the prevention of use of force responses. By training with us and increasing your personal safety, situational awareness and conflict management skills, you will increase your confidence and self-esteem AND decrease the likelihood of becoming a victim and the need to use self-defence responses in the first place.”
Richard Lymer
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Did You Know
There were 252,545 violent crime offences recorded by the Metropolitan Police and City of London Police Forces in London in 2023/24 an increase when compared with the previous reporting year. From a low of 186,488 violent crimes in 2015/16, violent crime has increased in almost every year. This reflects a pattern of increasing violent crime replicated across England and Wales as a whole, with a peak of 2.1 million offences reported in 2022/23.
Overall Offences Also Rising
The overall crime figures for London also show a trend of increasing crime in the UK capital. In 2015/16 for example, there were 743,728 crimes recorded in London, compared to 938,020 in 2023/24. This follows a similar pattern seen in the rest of the United Kingdom, which has witnessed an uptick in crime after reaching historic lows in the mid-2010s. In 2013/14 for example, there were approximately 62 crimes per 100,000 people in England and Wales, compared with 89.7 in 2023/24.
Funds Rising Again
Due to the austerity policies enacted by UK governments in the 2010s, the amount the UK government spent on the police was effectively frozen between 2013/14 and 2016/17. This policy has since been reversed, with the overall UK police budget reaching 25.3 billion pounds in 2022/23. The amount budgeted for the Metropolitan Police by the Mayor of London for 2023/24 was 4.53 billion British pounds, a significant increase on the 3.33 billion budgeted in 2018/19.
Teaching Women Self-Defence Is Still The Best Way To Reduce Sexual Assaults
A landmark research study (Violence Against Women 2014, Vol.20(3) 252-269) has proven that teaching women self-defence tactics reduces the risk of sexual assault.
The landmark research study, found that training which focuses on teaching women how to detect risk in situations that could lead to sexual assault and defend themselves when necessary, reduced the rate of rape among participants by nearly 50 per cent and are more confident in their ability to effectively resist assault than similar women who have not undergone training.
London Violent Crime Statistics 2023
The Metropolitan Police and City of London Police Forces recorded 252,545 violent crimes, which is an increase from the previous year.
- Homicides116 homicides were recorded, which is more than any other region in the UK.
- Knife crime15,016 knife or sharp instrument offenses were recorded, which is an increase from the previous year.
- Overall crime938,020 crimes were reported, which is an increase from the previous year.
- Theft and drugs: Slightly down from pre-pandemic trends.
- Sexual offenses: 24,334 recorded, which is down from the previous year.
Self-Defence
Our Most Popular Course For Businesses and employees
“The defensive use of physical force for the purpose of preventing an actual or imminent threat of unlawful violence against the person with the aim of creating a window of opportunity to escape the threat.”