Sex crimes against women have been cut after police deployed live facial recognition (LFR) cameras in a town centre, data show.
Static cameras with the technology were deployed for the first time as part of a six-month pilot in Croydon town centre in south London from October 2025 to March 2026.
<a class="break-all" href="https://archive.is/o/t2hej/www.telegraph.co.uk/metropolitan-police-service" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Metropolitan Police said the pilot led to an overall crime rate reduction of 10.5 per cent in the area, compared with the same period last year.
The biggest reduction in crime was in offences involving violence against women and girls, which saw a 21 per cent drop during the six-month period
Continues at https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/13/police-facial-recognition-camera-cut-violence-against-women/
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(I think the article title is a bit misleading ie it didn't stop any acts of violence, but helped police find men who were know to be violent, in breach of bail conditions etc.. ie identifying people who already have a convition.)