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BBC A brand-new report has examined every single Islamic terror attack within the UK since 1998

BBC East London was home to half of London-based offenders

Ms Stuart said: “This isn’t my opinion, this is the facts. There is more offending. “Six years ago, people attempted pipe bombs. But more recently, ISIS have encouraged lower-tech knife attacks. "This is why we have seen more beheading and stabbings.” This can be seen in the alarmingg rise in beheadings and stabbings in the UK, from 4 per cent in 1998 to 44 per cent in 2015.

GETTY A terror raid in Liverpool last year

BBC The report warned that Islamism-inspired terrorism remains the principal terrorism threat

An overwhelming 43 per cent of Islamist terrorists lived in London

The report also found that an overwhelming 43 per cent of Islamist terrorists lived in London, with 18 per cent in the West Midlands and a further 10 per cent in the North-West. East London was home to half of London-based offenders, largely based in Tower Hamlets, Newham and Waltham Forest. However, a tenth of Britain's Islamist terrorists come from just five council wards in Birmingham. Researchers found that most of those arrested had already been on the radar of intelligence agencies due to past petty crimes or for publicising their extremist views online. While more women are becoming radicalised in the UK, the security think tank claimed men in their 20s are the most likely terrorist culprit.

BBC Sunday Politics gained an interview with Hannah Stuart, who led the report