A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder after another 16-year-old boy became the 30th teenage homicide victim in London in 2021.

Officers were called to reports of a boy suffering a puncture wound at Philpot’s Farm open space, close to Heather Lane, in Yiewsley, Hillingdon, and arrived just after 7.30pm on Thursday.

London Ambulance Service paramedics also attended the scene, but the teenager was pronounced dead around 8.25pm.

The Metropolitan Police said a post-mortem examination on Sunday gave the cause of death as stab wounds.

The force said formal identification has yet to take place.

The 16-year-old suspect will appear in custody at Ealing Youth Court on Tuesday.

The teenager’s death came less than an hour after a 15-year-old boy was pronounced dead following a stabbing in Croydon, south London.

It took the total number of teenage killings in the capital in a calendar year up to 30, surpassing a previous peak of 29 in 2008.

19 January: Anas Mezenner, 17, found with stab wounds in West Green Road, Haringey.

25 January: Romario Opia, 15, was found stabbed in Holland Walk, Islington.

11 February: Hani Solomon, 18, was killed during a fight between two groups of men shortly after 6.30pm in Ackmar Road, Fulham.

18 February: Drekwon Patterson, 16, London, was stabbed in Preston Road, Brent.

26 February: Ahmed Beker, 19, was stabbed in Paddington Green.

3 March: Tai Jordan O’Donnell, 19, bled to death after being stabbed a number of times in the legs at a house in Alpha Road, Croydon.

6 March: Mazaza Owusu-Mensah, 18, died when he was stabbed in the chest during a fight in Edington Road, Abbey Wood.

6 March: Ezra Okobia, 14, was fatally injured by fumes from a fire at his home in Russett Way, Lewisham.

8 March: Nikolay Vandev, 19, was stabbed in Penshurst Road, Tottenham

17 March: Hussain Chaudhry, 18, was stabbed in Lea Bridge Road, Walthamstow.

10 April: Levi Ernest-Morrison, 17, was stabbed in Sydenham Road, Sydenham.

23 April: Fares Maatou, 14, was stabbed in Barking Road, Newham.

26 April: Abubakkar “Junior” Jah, 18, was found in Coolfin Road, Newham. He had been shot and stabbed.

7 May: Daniel Laskos, 16, was stabbed in Church Road, Harold Wood.

8 June: Taylor Cox, 19, was shot in Hornsey Rise Gardens, Islington.

10 June: Denardo Samuels-Brooks, 17, was stabbed in Prentis Road, Streatham.

11 June: Jalan Woods-Bell, 15, was stabbed in a fight during the school run in Blyth Road, Hayes

25 June: Tashawn Watt, 19, was stabbed in Miall Walk, Sydenham.

1 July: Camron Smith, 16, was stabbed in Bracken Avenue, Shrublands, Croydon.

5 July: Tamim Ian Habimana, 15, was stabbed in Woolwich.

5 July: Keane Flynn-Harling, 16, was stabbed in Oval Place.

9 July: Damarie Omare Roye, 16, was stabbed in Bensham Manor Road, Thornton Heath.

1 August: Stelios Averkiou, 16, was stabbed at a skate park in Lordship Recreation Ground, Tottenham.

1 September: Alex Ajanaku, 18, was found in Beaumont Road, Leyton, east London, with shotgun wounds.

12 October: Hazrat Wali, 18, was stabbed to death in a playing field in Craneford Way, Twickenham.

28 October: Kamran Khalid, 18, was stabbed to death in Harrow Road, Ilford.

18 November: Jermaine Cools, 14, suffered stab wounds and died after a fight in London Road in Croydon.

24 November: Rishmeet Singh, 16, stabbed in a fight in Raleigh Road, Southall.

30 December: 15-year-old boy stabbed in Ashburton Park, Croydon.

30 December: 16-year-old boy stabbed in Philpotts Farm Open Space, Yiewsley

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