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Q1. Please provide the total number of offences recorded for British and foreign nationals in each calendar year. Where somebody has dual citizenship, please count them as a British national.
Q2. If possible, please also provide figures on offences of British and foreign nationals broken down by the following offence types: violence; theft; robbery; drugs; sexual offences; fraud; immigration offences; other.
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Q1. Please see the table below showing the number of crimes with an offender linked, broken down by British and Foreign nationalities (where recorded) in the period 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2024.
Please note that if a crime has multiple offenders each offender is counted.
Calendar Year |
British |
Foreign National |
Not Recorded |
Total |
2015 |
11,064 |
470 |
1,157 |
12,691 |
2016 |
10,273 |
429 |
993 |
11,695 |
2017 |
9,207 |
390 |
988 |
10,585 |
2018 |
8,392 |
457 |
639 |
9,488 |
2019 |
8,608 |
434 |
687 |
9,729 |
2020 |
7,718 |
334 |
621 |
8,673 |
2021 |
6,876 |
299 |
646 |
7,821 |
2022 |
5,821 |
338 |
631 |
6,790 |
2023 |
6,228 |
401 |
581 |
7,210 |
2024 |
5,970 |
344 |
461 |
6,775 |
Total |
80,157 |
3,896 |
7,404 |
91,457 |
Q2. Please see the table below showing the number of crimes with an offender linked, broken down by British and Foreign nationality, crime type and calendar year, in the period 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2024.
Please note that where a crime has multiple offenders each offender is counted.
Crime Type |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
Total |
Drug Offences |
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British |
1460 |
1233 |
940 |
934 |
1042 |
1065 |
879 |
650 |
621 |
524 |
9348 |
Foreign National |
47 |
40 |
39 |
31 |
55 |
58 |
37 |
54 |
53 |
27 |
441 |
Not Recorded |
276 |
191 |
201 |
136 |
152 |
205 |
141 |
137 |
106 |
86 |
1631 |
Fraud |
|||||||||||
British |
160 |
147 |
120 |
106 |
77 |
64 |
41 |
45 |
38 |
24 |
822 |
Foreign National |
14 |
14 |
12 |
3 |
11 |
5 |
2 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
71 |
Not Recorded |
19 |
21 |
8 |
16 |
6 |
9 |
9 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
99 |
Immigration Crimes |
|||||||||||
Foreign National |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
Other |
|||||||||||
British |
3086 |
2751 |
2471 |
2340 |
2377 |
2455 |
2166 |
1795 |
1879 |
1540 |
22860 |
Foreign National |
82 |
80 |
76 |
116 |
107 |
88 |
73 |
66 |
84 |
69 |
841 |
Not Recorded |
218 |
184 |
172 |
115 |
121 |
104 |
147 |
127 |
130 |
92 |
1410 |
Robbery |
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British |
90 |
72 |
58 |
69 |
42 |
45 |
48 |
41 |
56 |
40 |
561 |
Foreign National |
- |
1 |
- |
2 |
10 |
3 |
1 |
- |
3 |
1 |
21 |
Not Recorded |
2 |
1 |
2 |
- |
3 |
1 |
2 |
- |
2 |
13 |
|
Sexual Offences |
|||||||||||
British |
227 |
253 |
188 |
264 |
229 |
172 |
180 |
191 |
201 |
102 |
2007 |
Foreign National |
7 |
15 |
13 |
8 |
13 |
8 |
15 |
19 |
15 |
14 |
127 |
Not Recorded |
5 |
9 |
23 |
3 |
15 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
9 |
5 |
86 |
Theft |
|||||||||||
British |
2970 |
2709 |
2648 |
2092 |
2103 |
1351 |
1080 |
844 |
1084 |
1579 |
18460 |
Foreign National |
203 |
160 |
144 |
198 |
142 |
79 |
97 |
100 |
157 |
149 |
1429 |
Not Recorded |
355 |
324 |
371 |
250 |
237 |
140 |
159 |
180 |
183 |
174 |
2373 |
Violence Against the Person |
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British |
3071 |
3108 |
2782 |
2587 |
2738 |
2566 |
2482 |
2255 |
2349 |
2161 |
26099 |
Foreign National |
117 |
119 |
106 |
99 |
94 |
93 |
74 |
94 |
85 |
83 |
964 |
Not Recorded |
282 |
263 |
211 |
119 |
156 |
155 |
183 |
174 |
148 |
101 |
1792 |
Total |
12691 |
11695 |
10585 |
9488 |
9729 |
8673 |
7821 |
6790 |
7210 |
6775 |
91457 |
Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.