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Policing practices and migration

Policing practices, such as immigration checks and joint operations, can affect the representation of foreign nationals in crime data.

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Feb 5, 2026

What would it take—legally and technically—for the UK to publish homicide and conviction data disaggregated by immigration status?

Publishing broken down by immigration status would require both new, reliable data flows across policing, courts and immigration systems and explicit decisions—likely statutory or ministerial—to colle...

Jan 18, 2026

How do the UK police and Home Office define and record 'migrant' in crime statistics?

There is no single, consistent UK official definition of "migrant" used in crime statistics: academics and government bodies use different concepts (for example "foreign‑born" or "non‑citizen"), polic...