Surge in migrant crime between 2021 and 2024

New analysis shows a 62% increase in convictions of foreign nationals for sexual offences between 2021 and 2024.

The number of foreign nationals convicted of sexual offences increased by 62% between 2021 and 2024 - jumping from 687 to 1,114.

The British convictions rate for these crimes increased by 39.31% over the same time period.

The nationalities with the largest raw increase in sexual offence convictions, between 2021 and 2024, were:

The nationalities which saw the largest % increase, and had at least 10 sexual offence convictions in 2021, were:

The seven nationalities which are most likely to cross the English channel on small boats, and which accounted for 76.9% of channel crossings in 2024, saw a 110% increase in the number of sexual offence convictions between 2021 and 2024.

The increase in the number of foreign national convictions is over three times greater than the increase of British national convictions.

The total number of non-summary convictions of foreign nationals increased by 19.4% between 2021 and 2024, from 17,467 to 20,866. In contrast, the number of convictions of British nationals increased by just 5.9%.

This means foreign national convictions increased at a rate 3.2x higher than the British conviction rate increase.

The total number of non-summary convictions increased by 11,752 between 2021 and 2024. Foreign nationals accounted for 29% of the conviction increase between these dates.

The nationalities with the largest raw increase in non-summary convictions, between 2021 and 2024, were:

The nationalities which saw the largest % increase, and had at least 50 non-summary convictions in 2021, were:

There were almost 75,000 non-summary convictions of foreign nationals between 2021 and 2024.

74,540 foreign national convictions took place between 2021 and 2024, showing a general pattern of increase:

2021: 17,467.

2022: 17,019

2023: 19,191

2024: 20,866

Broken down by offence type (2021 - 2024):

Violence against the person: 10,399

Sexual offences: 3,617

Robbery: 1,338

Theft: 18,498

Criminal damage and arson: 568

Drug offences: 21,026

Possession of weapons: 5,987

Public order offences: 4,357

Miscellaneous crimes against society: 7,635

Fraud: 1,117

Increases in convictions of foreign nationals, by offence type (2021 - 2024)

Sexual offences: 62% (687-1,114)

Robbery: 18.9% (317 - 377)

Theft: 77.4% (3,485 - 6,183)

Criminal damage and arson: 105.3% (112 - 230)

Drug offences: 11.2% (5,102 - 5,675)

Possession of weapons: 9.8% (1,422 - 1,562)

Public order offences: 8.1% (1,074 - 1,162)

Miscellaneous crimes against society: 9.7% (1,925 - 2,113)

There was a decrease in foreign nationals convictions for violent offences and fraud offences between 2021 and 2024.