Ten people were arrested around the royal wedding route on Friday morning as Scotland Yard commissioner Paul Stephenson said his force was prepared for all eventualities.
The arrests took place in and just outside the exclusion zone around Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace.
Scotland Yard said two people were arrested for being drunk and disorderly, one for assault, one for possessing an offensive weapon, two for breach of the peace, two for theft.
The biggest security operation in the Metropolitan police's recent history has seen the deployment of 5,000 officers, including a 1,000-strong rapid response team to react to any criminality, direct action or extremist threats inside and outside the exclusion zone.
In pre-emptive action on Wednesday and Thursday officers from the Met raided five squats in London and one in Hove, arresting 21 people.
All were released and bailed with conditions that bar them from the City of Westminster on Friday.
On Thursday night Cambridgeshire police arrested Charlie Veitch, a self confessed anarchist, for conspiracy to cause a public nuisance and breach of the peace.
It is understood police believed Veitch was planning to cause disruption in Soho Square, central London.
Sir Paul Stephenson, the Scotland Yard commissioner, said his force was prepared for every eventuality.
Asked about the raids on the squats, he said the public would expect the police to carry out their job.
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