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

Roughly four in five child strip searches conducted by the Met in 2025 were for suspected drugs, which advocacy groups

The number of teenagers and under-25s murdered in London is at its lowest level since 2012 and 2003 respectively, data