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London is 'really safe' city, says Met chief, as Sadiq Khan is confronted on surge in knife crime

Reform councillor ‘ambushes’ mayor during West End photo opportunity

Evening Standard · Jul 31, 2025

Moment prolific thieves are caught as Met Police vow West End crime crackdown

Extra 80 officers join team focusing on hotspots around Oxford Circus and Regent Street

Evening Standard · Jul 31, 2025

Met Police to double use of facial recognition technology amid budget cuts

The move by London’s police force comes as it restructures to cover the loss of 1,400 officers and 300 staff amid budget shortages

Evening Standard · Jul 31, 2025

Fury as Metropolitan Police to close half its police station front desks after budget cuts

Move would break Scotland Yard’s pledge to have one counter accessible 24/7 in all 32 London boroughs

Evening Standard · Jul 18, 2025

‘Shameful’ that black boys in London more likely to die by 18 than white boys, says Met chief

Mark Rowley says historically ‘policing has got a lot wrong’ in black communities but ‘we get a lot more right today’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2025

Racial disparities in criminal justice system ‘shameful’ – Met Police chief

Sir Mark Rowley discussed the racial disparity among suspects and victims of crime in London.

Evening Standard · Jul 13, 2025

Met chief calls racial disparities in London’s justice system ‘shameful’

Sir Mark Rowley addressed the racial disparities between suspects and victims of crime in London

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2025

Notting Hill Carnival SAVED and will go ahead next month after almost £1m found to boost security

Street festival gets bailout from City Hall and two councils but there’s dismay that Government has declined to help

Evening Standard · Jul 9, 2025

Voices: It’s time football clubs paid the price of policing matches

COMMENT: The head of the Met is is right that taxpayers shouldn’t be paying the £70m-a-year cost of match-day policing, says Chris Blackhurst – the filthy-rich Premier League clubs and their billionaire owners should be footing the bill

The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2025

OPINION - Are 'mega forces' the solution to Britain’s policing woes?

Britain has too much crime because it has too many police forces, apparently. But don’t fret, Britons, the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis has had A Big Idea. Sir Mark Rowley, chief of the ever-showered-in-glory Metropolitan Police, has proposed a radical overhaul of the make-up of police forces. What…

Evening Standard · Jul 7, 2025