Skip to main content
Demand for action to end police racism
Evidence shows high proportion of young arrestees are BAME

CAMPAIGNERS are calling for the government to stamp out institutional racism in response to new figures showing that a high proportion of black, Asian and minority-ethnic (BAME) children were arrested last year.

Some 60 per cent of children arrested by the Metropolitan Police last year were from BAME backgrounds, the Howard League for Penal Reform has found.

This was the highest proportion recorded by any force in England and Wales, in a policing area with a 40 per cent BAME population, raising concerns of “severe” disproportionality in the justice system.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
Similar stories
A pregnant woman holding her stomach
Healthcare / 26 February 2026
26 February 2026

Investigation reveals NHS maternity services are failing women and babies

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood speaking after Lucy Powell is announced as the new Deputy Leader of the Labour Party at an event in central London. Picture date: Saturday October 25, 2025
Human Rights / 29 November 2025
29 November 2025

DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10

St George's Cross flags fly from lampposts in York, in Yorkshire. Picture date: Sunday August 31, 2025
Britain / 11 November 2025
11 November 2025

Health leaders caution that flags put up by far-right activists are creating 'no-go zones' for NHS staff

People during a Stand Up To Racism protest near the Britannia International Hotel in Canary Wharf, London where asylum seekers are planned to be housed, July 25, 2025
Features / 9 August 2025
9 August 2025

DIANE ABBOTT explodes the anti-migrant myths perpetrated by cynical politicians and an irresponsible mass media