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- Crime & Safety · London
Stop and search in London finds weapons in 36% of searches, highest rate ever recorded
London’s Metropolitan Police recorded its highest-ever success rate for stop and search in July, with officers finding weapons, drugs or evidence in 36% of stops. The force carried out 20% more searches last year, seizing 3,800 weapons and recovering illegal drugs over 27,800 times. A new delivery plan aims to improve fairness and accountability.
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Crime & Safety · LondonMet Police ordered to improve data protection after stalking and honeytrap breaches
The Metropolitan Police must urgently improve its data protection policies after sending a stalking victim’s new address to the defendant and exposing email addresses of 18 people linked to Parliament in the Westminster honeytrap case. The ICO called the breaches foreseeable and preventable.
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Crime & Safety · London14,500 weapons surrendered in London knife amnesty since July 2025
More than 14,500 weapons, including zombie-style knives and machetes, have been handed into Home Office-backed surrender bins across London and other major UK cities since July 2025. Knife-related homicides have fallen by 26% over the same period, according to official figures.
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Crime & Safety · LondonFirefighters contain six-hectare blaze at North Ockendon grassland
Sixty firefighters and eight engines tackled a grass fire on Fen Lane in North Ockendon on 3 August 2026, damaging six hectares of land. A local farmer assisted by creating fire breaks, while the cause remains unclear.
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Met Police close investigation into guillotine t-shirt image shared online
The Metropolitan Police have ended their investigation into an image of a man wearing a t-shirt depicting a guillotine, shared on Instagram on 27 July 2026. Police concluded no offence was committed in sharing the image, which was part of a 20-image post, but a crime report has been filed over the t-shirt being worn at an event in Bristol.
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