Information that can be copied from phones by police will include text messages, call histories, phone numbers and photographs.
Equipment to remove information will be installed at police stations across London’s 16 boroughs.
Rights group Privacy International said police will be able to copy data from the phones of children as well as adults, and may store the information even if no criminal charges are pursued.
Emma Draper, head of communications at Privacy International, said: “If someone is arrested and the police suspect the phone has been involved in some kind of criminal activity they will be able to take a copy of all the data at the police station.
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