MPs Concern : ‘Predictive Policing’ in UK

A cross-party group of MPs is calling for the UK government to outlaw predictive policing technologies through an amendment to the forthcoming Crime and Policing Bill, citing concerns over racial profiling, surveillance, and algorithmic bias.

Proposed Law Aims to Outlaw Future Crime Predictions

At the centre of the debate is New Clause 30 (NC30), an amendment tabled by Green MP Siân Berry and backed by at least eight others, including Labour’s Clive Lewis and Zarah Sultana. If passed, the clause would explicitly prohibit UK police from using artificial intelligence (AI), automated decision-making (ADM), or profiling techniques to predict whether an individual or group is likely to commit a future offence.