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UK Takes Another Crack at Creating ‘British FBI’ as Crime Rate Skyrockets
UK Takes Another Crack at Creating ‘British FBI’ as Crime Rate Skyrockets
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Faced with what Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood calls an “everyday crime epidemic,” the UK government is eyeing a brand-new National Police Service, reports the BBC.
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The idea is reportedly to mash together the National Crime Agency (NCA), which deals with drug smuggling and people trafficking, with other country-wide roles like counter-terrorism (currently led by the Metropolitan Police Service) and national road policing, according to insiders. Insiders say the overhaul is also about money — ditching the inefficiencies of dozens of forces separately buying kit, uniforms and IT, instead of pooling spending power. This isn’t Britain’s first go at a “British FBI.” In 2006, Labor launched the much-hyped Serious and Organized Crime Agency (SOCA) – later quietly binned. This was followed by the NCA — also dubbed “Britain’s FBI.”
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UK Takes Another Crack at Creating ‘British FBI’ as Crime Rate Skyrockets
13:32 GMT 25.01.2026 (Updated: 15:33 GMT 25.01.2026) Faced with what Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood calls an “everyday crime epidemic,” the UK government is eyeing a brand-new National Police Service, reports the BBC.
The idea is reportedly to mash together the National Crime Agency (NCA), which deals with drug smuggling and people trafficking, with other country-wide roles like counter-terrorism (currently led by the Metropolitan Police Service) and national road policing, according to insiders.
Insiders say the overhaul is also about money — ditching the inefficiencies of dozens of forces separately buying kit, uniforms and IT, instead of pooling spending power. This isn’t Britain’s first go at a “British FBI.” In 2006, Labor launched the much-hyped Serious and Organized Crime Agency (SOCA) – later quietly binned. This was followed by the NCA — also dubbed “Britain’s FBI.”
“Policing is broken and officers are on their knees… The service is the most inexperienced it’s been in living memory, resignations, assaults on officers and mental health sickness absence are all at record levels," the outlet quotes the association as saying.
