LIAM Gallagher has blamed Sadiq Khan for the knife crime epidemic currently gripping the capital and said he fears for the safety of his children.

The former Oasis frontman, 46, confessed he worried about the safety of his teenage kids Gene, 17, and Lennon, 19.

4 Liam Gallagher has blamed Sadiq Khan for the rise in knife crime in the capital Credit: BBC Breakfast

4 The former Oasis frontman said he feared for the safety of his teenage kids Lennon and Gene, pictured Credit: Getty - Contributor

Liam Gallagher said: “Every time you wake up in the morning there’s some 16-year-old kid been knifed to death and I’ve got kids that are that age, you know what I mean.

“Out and about, doing their thing, living, being young and all that.

So that, that freaks me right out. It does worry me. I’ve got teenagers.”

The rock star, who also daughters Molly, 22, and Gemma, six, put the blame firmly at the door of London mayor Sadiq Khan.

He told BBC Breakfast: "I’d have a word with that mayor – he seems to not be doing a good job, all them kids getting knifed and all that.

"The only thing that ever comes out of his mouth is, ‘London is open’. What, open for knife crime and dying and stuff?”

He also said he had no time for politicians who took illegal drugs.

The comments come after the likes of Michael Gove and Rory Stewart admitted they had taken drugs in the past.

The only thing that ever comes out of his mouth is, ‘London is open’. What, open for knife crime and dying and stuff? Liam Gallagher on London mayor Sadiq Khan

Gallagher, who has admitted taking drugs himself, laughing, said: “Shame on them.”

“If I did see a politician taking drugs, man, he’d get a crack round the head.

“What are you doing, you doughnut? You know what I mean.

“They shouldn’t be [taking drugs]. They’re meant to be running the country, aren’t they?”

A spokesperson for the Mayor of London told The Sun Online: “Tackling violent crime is the Mayor’s highest priority.

"He has invested record amounts in the Met, including funding the Violent Crime Taskforce of nearly 300 officers dedicated to tackling violence.

"Sadiq is also tackling the underlying causes of crime – by setting up the new Violence Reduction Unit and £45 million Young Londoners Fund.

“However, he can’t fill the huge hole left by devastating Government cuts to the police, youth clubs and other vital public services.

"Cuts have consequences - as even the Home Secretary has acknowledged, and the government needs to step up and reverse them.

“The Mayor is proud to be banging the drum for London and standing up for the rights of the one million EU Londoners in the capital following the Brexit vote.”

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A 14-year-old boy was rushed to hospital just days ago after being stabbed in Lewisham at around 3.45pm on June 19.

The daylight attack came just hours after a man was the fifth person to be murdered in the capital in a six day period.

Last month it was revealed that knife crime had risen by 52 per cent while Khan has been mayor of London.

4 Liam also has a 22-year-old daughter Molly Moorish, pictured here with Lennon Credit: Getty - Contributor