"The report [PDF] covered the period from September 2024 to September 2025, noting that from the 203 deployments, LFR cameras triggered 2,077 alerts with 10 false positives. Cops said the arrests were mostly comprised of people who were wanted by the courts (549); and those the MPS said it had "reasonable grounds" to believe may be either about to commit, currently committing, or have already committed an offence (347). The remaining 85 arrests related to those managed by multiple agencies (MAPAA nominals), such as registered sex offenders (RSOs), and stalkers, as well as those in breach of their conditions."
"We are proud of the results achieved with LFR. Our goal has always been to keep Londoners safe and improve the trust of our communities. Using this technology is helping us do exactly that. This is a powerful and game-changing tool, which is helping us to remove dangerous offenders from our streets and deliver justice for victims. We remain committed to being transparent and engaging with communities about our use of LFR, to demonstrate we are using it fairly and without bias."
The Metropolitan Police Service conducted 203 live facial recognition (LFR) deployments between September 2024 and September 2025, scanning 3,147,436 faces and generating 2,077 alerts, ten of which were false positives. LFR-led activity produced 962 arrests: 549 for people wanted by the courts, 347 for individuals believed to be about to commit, committing, or having committed offences, and 85 MAPAA-related arrests including registered sex offenders and stalkers. More than a quarter of arrests involved violence against women and girls. The MPS presented a 0.0003% false-positive rate relative to faces scanned and a 0.48% rate relative to alerts.
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