While crowds gathered to celebrate the annual festivities of Caribbean culture during the Bank Holiday weekend, police report less violent crime in the area compared to recent years.
At the scene, reporter Joseph Reaidi saw at least three potentially violent incidents occur across the road of Ladbroke Grove.
At one scene, a person was seen bleeding as police tired to block the view from the public.
The Metropolitan Police reports at least two stabbings during the festivities on Monday (August 28), one in Powis Terrace and one in Oxford Gardens.
Neither of which are life threatening, the force reports.
As of 8pm on Monday (August 28), the Met reports at leat 423 arrests over the min two days of the event.
On the Monday, there were 224 arrests, with 177 at carnival itself and 46 on the approaches to the event.
On Sunday, there were 200 arrests, with 149 at carnival itself and 51 on the approaches to the event.
According to the Met, 52 of the total arrests were as a result of identifications using Live Facial Recognition.
Assistant Commissioner Matt Ward, the policing commander for Notting Hill Carnival this year, said:
“This year we have proactively targeted those who have attempted to come to Carnival to cause harm to others.
“We have used live facial recognition, knife arches and our stop and search powers to identify and arrest more than 400 suspects.
“These arrests have prevented some of the serious violence we have seen at previous Carnivals.
“We thank the organisers and others who spoke out in the days and weeks ahead of the event to emphasise what Carnival stands for, to reject violence and to urge anyone planning to come for conflict or confrontation to stay at home
“All of this joint effort has helped to make this this year’s Carnival a safer event for all.”
