Metropolitan police have dealt with over a hundred incidents involving clowns in the past year.

Police in London responded to 117 cases referring to the word ‘clown’ according to crime statistics released under a Freedom of Information (FoI) request.

The incidents include an assault in which the suspect was dressed as a clown with a painted face, a burglary where the suspects hair was described as being “like Krusty the Clown”, and 39 cases in which the term ‘clown’ was used as insult.

Reported by the Evening Standard. You can read the full story here. 

Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.