Child strip searches in 2025 overwhelmingly drug-driven, reinforcing concerns over Met safeguarding
Roughly four in five child strip searches conducted by the Met in 2025 were for suspected drugs, which advocacy groups
Two-thirds of under-18 strip searches in London conducted in the north and east in 2025
The Metropolitan Police carried out 18 More Thorough Intimate Parts strip searches on under-18s this year so far, with two-thirds