Overview

• Police said 528 people were arrested over two days, updating earlier totals, with 200 on Sunday and 328 on Monday.
• Live facial recognition produced 61 arrests after nearly 100 alerts, including suspects for violence and a registered sex offender found with a knife.
• Officers recorded four stabbing or slashing incidents with no life‑threatening injuries, including an alleged machete attack involving five wounds.
• Arrests included 167 for drugs offences, 50 for possession of an offensive weapon, 21 for sexual offences, and 55 for assaults on police, with two officers hospitalised.
• Around 7,000 officers were deployed each day, a viral brawl at Baker Street station drew wide attention, and an independent crowd‑safety review is due to report in October.