London Police Set Citywide New Year’s Eve Operation as Primrose Hill Closes

Overview

• The Met confirmed officers will be deployed across all 32 boroughs with a large, visible presence in central London hotspots.
• The Mayor’s Thames‑side fireworks are fully ticketed and sold out, with police warning there is no access without a ticket and that fence breaches will lead to arrests.
• Primrose Hill will be locked from 8pm on December 30 until 6am on January 1, and people are being urged not to travel there to watch the fireworks.
• Royal Parks partly attributes the closure to the disbanding of the Met’s Royal Parks policing unit, a link the Met disputes while stressing the closure was Royal Parks’ decision.
• British Transport Police and the Met will bolster patrols on the transport network, including armed officers and search dogs, and the public is asked to plan travel and only call 999 for emergencies.