Police made 528 arrests at this year’s Notting Hill Carnival but say there were “far fewer” incidents of serious violence than at previous events.

Officers responded to reports of four stabbings, none of which resulted in life threatening injuries.

It’s estimated around two million people attended the two-day festival in west London, called Europe’s biggest street party celebrating Caribbean culture.

Statement from Kensington and Chelsea Council;

“The streets of Notting Hill are clear of rubbish after Notting Hill Carnival 2025, following a busy weekend for waste collection crews in Kensington and Chelsea.

Every year, around 300 tonnes of waste are collected across the Carnival footprint, with crews working through the night on bank holiday Sunday and Monday to get the streets back to normal by Tuesday morning. About 30% of the waste collected is recycled.

This year, 180 staff and around 45 waste collection vehicles from Suez, the Council’s waste collection partner, were out on the streets. They left their depot at around 10pm each evening, working until the streets were clear for the Carnival to restart and Monday and for life to return to normal today.

The work isn’t quite done yet, with street cleaning teams and graffiti removal experts continuing to jet wash streets and basements and remove graffiti this week.”