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Today the Met is launching the next phase of the New Met for London plan – and we are building on a mission that is working. We are driving down neighbourhood crime like phone-snatching and shoplifting by 14%, injuries from violence is at a 5-year low and we are arresting more than 1,000 extra criminals a month. Locally here in Brent we have also seen some real achievements including: A 14% increase in the arrest of wanted offenders across the borough in the last year.A reduction in serious violent offences; there has been a 22% reduction of knife enabled robbery across the borough.Over 1,200 domestic violence arrests over the last 12 months as we continue to tackle offenders causing the most harm to women and children. The New Met for London: Phase 2 strategy will see us: Put you and Londoners across the city at the heart of precise community crime-fighting, investing more in our local neighbourhood crime-fighting teams, driving performance on the frontline and making sure you can influence where we focus our efforts.Harness the power of technology and data to make a profound shift in how we police London and Brent. Across the city the Met is looking at expanding the use of facial recognition technology and becoming even more precise in targeting the small number of offenders who cause the most harm, and the places and victims that suffer most.Build new partnerships and improve existing ones – whether with the public, private or the third sector – to achieve the best possible outcomes for you.As part of this commitment to listening to you, we hosted our Community Crime-Fighting event on Monday 29th September 2025, where you told us your main priorities were: Reducing anti-social behaviour and drug supply across the borough.An increase in Live Facial Recognition operations in Brent.Thanks to your input, we are now working hard to tackle these issues by: Identifying and tackling crime and anti-social behaviour hotspots across the borough, working closely with Brent Council to make your streets safer. Implementing our planned Live Facial recognition deployment plans across Brent in 2026, sharing the results of these with you.Targeting drug dealing across the borough through a number of dedicated operations. Drug crime is regularly linked to violent crime and anti-social behaviour, and we will continue to use all the tools available to us to keep the local community safe and see those responsible face justice. The full New Met for London 2 strategy is now available for you to read online. I want to keep the conversation going - so thank you for joining us on Met Engage, which was introduced to help us do exactly that. Wishing you a wonderful holiday season and warmest wishes for the New Year. Superintendent Tony Bellis | 
