Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime

The Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC), established in 2012 as London's police oversight body, drives efficient, effective, accountable policing through community safety, crime prevention, and violence reduction strategies. Core values of openness, inclusion, and public trust underpin a partnership-driven philosophy emphasizing public health approaches, evidence-based interventions, and prevention-first ethos to address root causes like deprivation and social exclusion. Funding decisions prioritize strategic investments building community-police trust, reducing vulnerability, empowering grassroots responses, and fostering long-term systemic change via collaborative theories of change focused on victim support, risk reduction, and neighbourhood resilience.

MOPAC funds thematic priorities tackling violent crime including knife crime and youth violence through youth prevention programs, gang diversion initiatives, and after-school clubs for children and young people aged 5-25 at risk of exploitation, county lines, or serious violence. It supports violence against women and girls via domestic abuse recovery services, victim and witness support including counselling, advocacy, and trauma-informed care for women, girls, and families facing gender-based violence. Priorities encompass preventing extremism, hate crime awareness campaigns, and restorative justice for communities impacted by racism, hate incidents, or corruption. Funded activities include community mediation, peer support groups, neighbourhood patrols, local CCTV crime prevention, befriending schemes building trust in marginalised ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities, and Violence Reduction Unit partnerships delivering early intervention, mentoring, outreach, and public health models addressing social isolation, youth unemployment risks, and family carer support amid crime's ripple effects.

Exclusions target activities outside London communities or unaligned with the Mayor's Police and Crime Plan, such as non-preventative, non-evidence-based projects lacking partnership focus or community impact measurement. Distinctive as the Mayor's statutory agent convening Metropolitan Police, local authorities, charities, and youth organizations across Greater London's diverse boroughs, MOPAC prioritizes grassroots groups with lived experience leadership serving children, young people, women, girls, and violence-affected families in urban deprived areas, valuing community-led, innovative, holistic interventions over standalone efforts.