A new report from Policy Exchange assesses the performance of the Metropolitan Police at the three-year point of Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley’s term of office.   

The report shows:

• Public confidence in the Metropolitan Police has fallen further in the last three years, since the start of Sir Mark Rowley’s term as Commissioner – to an all-time low, since modern records began, of only 45 percent of Londoners believing the force is doing a good job in their local area (in the 12 months to June 2025). This is down from 69% almost ten years ago in 2016.
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• There have been falls in the volume of knife crime offences during 2025 compared to 2024, however the Met recorded higher levels of knife crime compared to other major English forces (for the last full financial year on record to March 2025) - per 100,000 population knife crime rates were 17.8 per cent higher than the West Midlands, 36.8 per cent higher than Greater Manchester, 44.6 per cent higher than South Yorkshire and 46.9 per cent higher than West Yorkshire.
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• The force is revealed to be solving only a tiny fraction of reported high-volume theft offences in London, solving only: around 1 in 20 robberies and burglaries, 1 in 76 bicycle thefts, 1 in 179 theft person offences such as pick-pocketing and 1 in 13 shoplifting offences.
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