The Met Police made the arrests during a three-month Live Facial Recognition (LFR) trial in Croydon, launched in October, using cameras fixed to existing street furniture for the first time in London.
It means police can deploy the kit more flexibly without specialist vans.
Lindsey Chiswick, the Met’s national lead for live facial recognition, said: “The increase in LFR deployments across crime hotspots in London is driven by its proven impact and success – with more than 1,700 dangerous offenders taken off London’s streets since the start of 2024, including those wanted for rape and child abuse.
“This is why we are trialling a new and innovative pilot in Croydon.
“It allows us to explore a different way of using facial recognition by operating it remotely and more efficiently.
“The amount of arrests we have made in just 13 deployments shows the technology is already making an impact and helping to make Croydon safer.
“Public support remains strong, with 85 per cent of Londoners backing the use of LFR to keep them safe.”
In Croydon, the average time to locate wanted individuals has been cut by more than half compared with previous van-based deployments.
An arrest has been made every 34 minutes during active use.
A third of the 100 arrests were for violence against women and girls, including sexual assault and strangulation.
Other arrests were for burglary, recall to prison and possession of an offensive weapon.
Three-quarters of those arrested live in Croydon.
Since the start of 2024, LFR in Croydon has led to 249 arrests, with 193 ending in a charge or caution.
The Met says the technology helped cut crime in Croydon’s Fairfield ward by 12 per cent, including retail, violent and sexual offences.
Among those detained was a 36-year-old woman who had been unlawfully at large for more than 20 years.
A 37-year-old registered sex offender was caught with an unregistered phone and using social media, breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
Police also arrested a 27-year-old man wanted on suspicion of kidnap.
On 7 October 2025, Nilton Darame, 25, of Loughborough Street, Lambeth, was identified by the cameras.
He was found to be in breach of tag conditions relating to an intentional strangulation and two counts of assault on an emergency worker.
He was arrested and later sentenced at Croydon Crown Court, on Thursday, 8 January, to 18 months’ imprisonment.
On 21 November 2025, Kastriot Krrashi, 35, of Dingwall Road, Croydon, was arrested on suspicion of breaching registered sex offender conditions.
He appeared at Wood Green Crown Court on January 16 2026.
The Croydon pilot uses LFR cameras fixed to street furniture at the north and south ends of the high street.
The cameras are only active during police deployments and are monitored remotely.
Officers stay on site during each deployment.
Each operation uses a customised, intelligence-led watchlist created no more than 24 hours before deployment.
The data is deleted as soon as the deployment ends.
The Met selected Croydon for the pilot due to its status as a crime hotspot and previous success with LFR technology.
The Met says it has no plans to roll the scheme out elsewhere for now.
The Met is holding sessions with Croydon residents and councillors to explain how LFR works and the safeguards meant to protect privacy and human rights.
The pilot will be formally assessed in the coming months to see if it works.
The Met has stated that LFR is substantially quicker at identifying wanted individuals than traditional policing methods such as door-to-door enquiries.
