Dame Lynne Gillian Owens, DCB, CBE, QPM, DL (born 29 January 1969) is a senior police officer in the United Kingdom.

She then served as Director-General of the National Crime Agency from 2016 to 2021, making her one of the most senior law enforcement chiefs in the United Kingdom at the time.

[9] Having completed the Strategic Command Course run by the National Policing Improvement Agency, she was made assistant chief constable responsible for territorial operations.

[9] She was overall commander of the policing for the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton that took place in April 2011,[citation needed] and the state visit by US president Barack Obama in May 2011.

[12] However, in a meeting in September 2015, Hurley revealed he had been considering her dismissal for a "failure of leadership" in relation to concerns about her record on child protection.

[17] She did not apply to succeed Cressida Dick as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police,[18] but in August 2022 Mark Rowley announced Owens would return to the Metropolitan Police on 12 September that year, holding a six-month post as Interim Deputy Commissioner whilst a permanent holder of that post was recruited at the start of Rowley's own commissionership.

[12] She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2015 Birthday Honours for services to policing and criminal justice.

[20] She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath (DCB) in the 2021 New Year Honours for service to law enforcement.