Latest figures from Prevent show there were more than three times the number of referrals compared to right-wing extremism, the meeting heard.
London Assembly's Police and Crime Committee discussed the Prevent review with members of the the Met Police and the Mayor's Office for Policing And Crime
Kenny Bowie, director of strategy at MOPAC, told the meeting the data for the capital did not reflect the national picture. "It was 384 against 122, so that would suggest that they are going, and they should go, where the threat is."
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