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Foreign nationals and sexual offence convictions

Foreign nationals are overrepresented among convictions and charges for sexual offences in several FOI-based datasets and media analyses

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Feb 2, 2026

What FOI or academic studies have tried to estimate crimes by immigration status in specific UK police forces since 2000?

A modest body of academic work since 2000 has attempted to estimate at the level of police force areas, and Freedom of Information (FOI) exchanges with statutory bodies have clarified what national da...

Jan 15, 2026

What datasets exist that compare defendant ethnicity in sexual offence convictions across England and Wales since 2000?

The main, usable datasets that compare defendant/offender ethnicity in sexual‑offence convictions across England and Wales are published by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and the Office for National St...