Officers across the Met are working to stop those responsible for causing the most extreme harm to women and girls. Since August 2023, officers have arrested a total of 60 of these most harmful suspects, with 24 convicted so far. The Met is reprioritising how it protects the public from harm and transforming how it safeguards the vulnerable and combats violence against women and children as part of its A New Met for London plan. One of the ways the Met is relentlessly focusing on perpetrators of violence against women and girls is using the ‘V100’ initiative. The ‘V100’ uses data analytics to identify and target the top men and women who pose the most risk using existing police data from victim reports of crime alongside the Cambridge Crime Harm Index, a tool which helps police measure the seriousness of harm to victims. This enables the Met to prioritise police interventions to have the biggest impact, reducing the threat perpetrators pose and the harm they cause. Commander Ben Russell, who leads V100 for the Met, stated that the approach is working in targeting the most dangerous suspects. In one case, Marcelino Goncalves, a high-harm offender and prolific abuser, was arrested and convicted for multiple charges. The Met is using a highly precise approach to tackle violence against women and girls, ranking suspects based on the harm they cause. The Met is taking a multi-agency approach to focus more resources on perpetrators and work closely with victims to ensure their safety. Various tactics are being employed to take dangerous offenders off the streets and safeguard victims. Find out more about the Met’s efforts to protect women and girls with the VAWG Action Plan.
