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Written question asked by Baroness Manzoor (Conservative) on Thursday, 23 July 2026, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 6 August 2026. It was answered by Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour) on Monday, 10 August 2026 on behalf of the Home Office.


Offenders: Foreign Nationals

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government how many crimes were committed by foreign nationals in England and Wales in (1) 2023–24, (2) 2024–25, and (3) 2025–26; of those, what crimes were the most common; and in what counties they were most common.

Answer

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on convictions and sentences for a wide range of offences, including theft in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal justice statistics - GOV.UK

However, data held centrally does not include if the defendant is a foreign national. This information may be held in the court records but to examine individual court records would be of disproportionate costs.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL2722
Session
2026-27
Subjects
Foreign nationals Offenders
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk