MOPAC 2016 report

MOPAC has published its 2016 report, summarising achievements to date and performance against London’s Police and Crime Plan.

In 2012, the Mayor's ambition was for the Met police to become the most effective, most efficient, most respected, police force in the country and he challenged the Met to cut neighbourhood crime, boost public confidence and cut costs:

Cut neighbourhood crime

London has become a far safer place to live, with 75,000 fewer victims of neighbourhood crime compared to 2012, and an additional 2,600 extra officers onto neighbourhood beats. The seven key neighbourhood crimes including robbery and burglary have fallen by 18.4 per cent, with burglary falling by 26 per cent to its lowest level since 1974, and robbery plummeting 43 per cent.

Boost public confidence in the police

63 per cent of Londoners now say their local force provide a good or excellent service, up from 55 per cent in 2008. The capital's police force looks more like the city it serves, with the Met's London-only recruitment policy helping to attract more BME and female officers. 12 per cent of Met officers are now from BME backgrounds which is more than double the national policing average. The spirit of volunteering has also flourished under the Mayor, with 1,200 Londoners devoting 25,000 hours of their time last year to help boost confidence and engagement with the police as members of Safer Neighbourhood Boards, Stop and Search Community Monitoring Groups and Independent Custody Visitors.

Cut costs

The Mayor has raised nearly a billion pounds from the sale of underutilised buildings which is all being reinvested into frontline policing to create a 21st Century, tech savvy digital police service. He has supported the Met to make £600 million savings over the last four years. Smarter procurement has reduced third party supplier costs by over £60m per annum which is the equivalent of 1,200 officers.

Tackle gangs and serious youth violence

The Mayor has overseen a dramatic programme of intervention, prevention and enforcement to tackle gang crime and serious youth violence, including the launch of the Met's Trident Gang Command in 2012 and a £1.5m London-wide gang exit scheme to help vulnerable young people transform their lives with specialist mentoring and support launched in February 2016. This year alone, the Mayor has spent £6.8 million on combatting gang crime and youth violence has fallen by 22 per cent in 2015 compared to 2008.

Swifter, surer justice

The Mayor has overseen improvements in the Criminal Justice System, reducing delays, increasing compliance with community orders and cutting reoffending by young people leaving custody. Through the innovative Gripping the Offender Pilot, the Mayor has brought together partners to tackle the most prolific reoffenders, who are responsible in the city. From April 2016 sobriety tags, which monitor an offender’s alcohol intake through perspiration, will also roll out throughout the capital to help reduce alcohol-related crime and reoffending, having already shown 92 per cent compliance rates at pilot stage.