The Mayor of London has warned police will take a “zero-tolerance approach to hate crime” as figures show a rise in hate crime and Islamaphobic incidents in the aftermath of the London Bridge attack.

Sadiq Khan says there has been a 40 per cent increase in racist incidents, compared to the daily average this year, as well as a fivefold increase in the number of Islamaphobic incidents.

This is the highest daily level of Islamophobic incidents in 2017 to date, and higher than recorded levels following the Paris attacks in November 2015 and the murder of Lee Rigby in May 2013.

The Mayor has called on all Londoners to report any hate crimes of any kind they witness to the police after the attack on Saturday night in London Bridge and Borough Market killed eight people died and injured 48 others.

Mr Khan said: “If you commit a hate crime, you face arrest. One of the greatest things about London is our defiant unity in the face of adversity - and that will not change in the aftermath of this horrific attack.

“Just as the police will do everything possible to root out extremism from our city, so we will take a zero-tolerance approach to hate crime.

“I’m calling on all Londoners to pull together, and send a clear message around the world that our city will never be divided by these hideous individuals who seek to harm us and destroy our way of life. London will never be divided by terrorism.”

So far four of those killed in the attack have been named: Australian Kirsty Boden, Canadian national Chrissy Archibald, James McMullan, from Hackney, and French national Alexandre Pigeard.