Nearly 190 London police officers were sacked and barred from returning to the service last year, new figures show.
According to the College of Policing, the Metropolitan Police had 183 of the 735 UK-wide dismissed in the year to March 31, 2025 - about one in four.
City of London Police had six – taking the total across the capital to 189.
The most common reasons given for dismissal were dishonesty, discriminatory behaviour, unlawful access or disclosure of information, inappropriate communications, and sexual offences or misconduct.
Other cases involved abuse of position for a sexual purpose, child sexual offence, being in a discriminatory WhatsApp group, domestic abuse or harassment, and drugs.
Nationally, most of the officers added to the list were constables, but one chief officer and two chief superintendents were also among those kicked out.
The Met, with a workforce of 33,293, had the highest number of dismissals, followed by Greater Manchester, Thames Valley and West Midlands forces.
It comes as 10 officers based at Charing Cross Police Station face fast-tracked disciplinary proceedings after they were caught making racist and sexist comments in an undercover BBC Panorama documentary.
Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said last week: “I have been very clear from the outset that I wanted to see all those responsible for this appalling behaviour facing gross misconduct hearings at the earliest opportunity. They have no place in the Met.
“This comes in the context of the biggest corruption clear-out in British policing history, which has seen more than 1,400 officers and staff leave the Met in the last three years.
“Much more work will be required to redress the systemic, cultural, leadership and regulatory failings that have allowed misogyny, racism, anti-Muslim hate and a lack of public service ethos to put down deep roots.
“While there are no quick fixes, I will be relentless in working with the good majority of our people to bring this about.”
A Met spokeswoman said: “Higher standards are a key priority in our ‘A New Met for London’ plan and we have been very clear we are focused on ridding the Met of those not fit to serve.
“These redoubled efforts, along with the fact the Met is the biggest force in the country, account for a significant volume of dismissals in the last year.
“As part of this, we have invested heavily in professional standards, including setting up a dedicated domestic and sexual abuse investigation team with victim care specialists and enhanced proactive work under our Anti-Corruption and Abuse Command.
“Supported by the vast majority of our good and hard-working people, we are making significant progress to relentlessly identify and root out police officers and staff who commit offences and corrupt our integrity.”
Around 125 officers and specials added to the national list came from a black or other minority ethnic background, 16 per cent of the 766 cases where ethnicity was recorded, and 40 police staff.
Latest Government workforce data shows that 8.5 per cent of police were from ethnic groups.
The data showed that among those added to the list, 641 officers and specials were white, along with 240 staff.
Assistant Chief Constable Tom Harding, director of operational standards at the College of Policing, said: “These figures show a determined and robust effort from police forces to rid policing of officers whose behaviour falls below the high standards that we, and the public, expect from them.
“It goes without saying that any time an officer’s behaviour breaches professional standards, or even strays into criminality, it leaves a permanent stain on the reputation of policing.
“But the public can have confidence that their police forces are quickly identifying and dealing with unacceptable behaviour from officers and staff, who, through being on the barred list, will never work in policing again.
“The message is clear: our policing system is built on upholding our code of ethics, on courage, respect and empathy and public service, and there is no place in our police service for anyone whose behaviour goes against these values.”
