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Foreign National Sex Convictions Rose 62% Since 2021, MoJ Data Shows

Officials caution the PNC-based dataset records sentencing occasions with nationality recording limits.

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Protesters outside the former Bell Hotel in Epping, believed to be housing asylum seekers, where there have been a number of demonstrations, after police charged 38-year-old asylum seeker Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu with sexual assault following an incident where he is alleged to have attempted to kiss a 14-year-old girl. Picture date: Sunday July 27, 2025. (Photo by Jordan Pettitt/PA Images via Getty Images)
The recent figures from the UK Home Office indicated that the number of Indian nationals in detention has almost doubled in the past year.
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Overview

  • Foreign nationals accounted for 14.1% of sexual offence convictions in 2024, with counts rising from 687 in 2021 to 1,114.
  • Convictions of British nationals for sexual offences rose from 4,409 to 6,142 over the same period, a 39.3% increase.
  • Other offence categories also climbed faster for foreign nationals, including theft (+77.9% vs +55.8%), robbery (+18.9% vs +2.8%), and overall non‑summary convictions (+19.6% vs +5.9%).
  • Nationality patterns cited in the MoJ figures include a 257% rise for Indian nationals to 100 sexual offence convictions in 2024 and a 110% collective increase across the seven groups most associated with Channel crossings.
  • The FOI-derived figures have spurred calls for fuller nationality-linked crime reporting and tougher deportation rules, while the government points to 5,200 foreign national offender removals in its first year and planned border-security legislation.