The Police and Crime Committee is scheduled to meet on Wednesday 28 January 2026. The meeting's agenda includes a question and answer session with the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) and a review of the committee's work programme.

Question and Answer Session with the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime

The committee is scheduled to hold a question and answer session with Kaya Comer-Schwartz, the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime, and representatives from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS). This session will be informed by MOPAC's monthly report, which provides an update on policing operational and financial performance, as well as MOPAC's activities. The report details crime statistics for London, showing a decrease in Total Notifiable Offences (TNO) by 2.7% between January 2024-December 2024 and January 2025-December 2025. However, there has been an increase in Violence Against the Person by 3.4%, with a notable rise in Stalking and Harassment (10.0%) and Total Sexual Offences (7.2%), including a 11.3% increase in Rape offences. Conversely, Homicide has seen a decrease of 11.0%, and Gun Crime has fallen by 10.5%. The report also highlights financial performance, indicating an overall overspend of £23.9m for MOPAC and the MPS at the end of Quarter Two 2025/26, with the MPS accounting for £25.5m of this overspend. The committee will have the opportunity to ask questions on these figures and other aspects of MOPAC's work.

Police and Crime Committee Work Programme

The committee will also review its work programme for 2025/26. This includes noting ongoing and closed actions from previous meetings, such as those arising from discussions on the Metropolitan Police Service's Draft Estates Strategy and hate crime and violence against women and girls (VAWG) on London's public transport. The work programme outlines the committee's planned activities, including formal meetings, site visits, and consultations, aimed at fulfilling its role in holding MOPAC to account and investigating issues related to policing and crime reduction in London. A recent activity noted is a visit to Mulberry Academy Shoreditch as part of the committee's investigation into hate crime and VAWG on public transport. Future topics scheduled for discussion include Casey Review – culture change in the MPS and Online fraud .