The annual Bank Holiday weekend event that celebrates Caribbean culture has had the least knife attacks this year since 2017.
Police were called to four reports of stabbing or slashing incidents, none of which resulted in life-threatening injuries.
In one of the attacks, it is alleged that a person was stabbed five times with a machete, according to the Metropolitan Police.
It follows after the force initially reported there were two stabbings in its previous update on Monday (August 25) at 8pm.
In Freedom of Information (FoI) data shows just how much this differs from previous years.
In 2017 there were 12 stabbings, none of which fatal.
The year after, there were seven knife attacks and the year after there were 18, again which were nonfatal.
Then in 2022, there were seven stabbings, including the death of 21-year-old Takayo Nembhard.
In 2023, there were 10 stabbings – all non-fatal.
Last year saw eight stabbings in total, including the deaths of 32-year-old mum Cher Maximen and 41-year-old chef Mussie Imnetu.
This year, there were 200 arrests on Sunday and 328 on Monday, with 61 arrests following identification using live facial recognition.
Of the 200 arrests on Sunday, 52 took place on the approaches to Carnival with the remainder, 148, taking place in the area traditionally recognised as the ‘event footprint’.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Matt Ward, the policing commander for Notting Hill Carnival this year, said: “Once again the growing size and popularity of Notting Hill Carnival required one of the biggest mobilisations of police officers this year, with over 7,000 officers deployed on each of the two days.
“Our policing operation was focused on keeping people safe by targeting those who were coming to Carnival to cause harm to others, so the reduction in incidents of serious violence compared to previous years is very welcome.”
