The plans to investigate the 117 deaths were announced at a conference last week in the Hague, co-hosted by the Swedish police and the Met.
Most victims of honour killings are young women of south Asian origin, and the motives for murder are closely linked to forced marriages or relationships that the girl's family believes to be dishonourable.
A Met police spokesperson said: "We are doing a general review of various types of crime, and honour killings is something that we need more information on. There is a need to share more information across Europe." Heather Harvey, case worker for the Community Liaison Unit at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, works with young women who are at risk of forced marriages. "We will be working with the police on this. There are issues surrounding the skills of women, domestic violence and human rights," she said.
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