Scale of serious crimes committed by foreigners exposed - 'disgraceful'

The "disgraceful" scale of serious crimes committed by foreigners has been exposed in shocking figures. Foreign nationals were responsible for at least 208,072 offences over five years, according to data obtained by Reform UK.

The outfit's Head of Policy, Zia Yusuf, described the numbers as "disgraceful", adding in a post on X: "Reform UK has exposed the enormous scale of serious crime committed by foreign nationals in England and Wales.

At least 208,072 offences ranging from rape to robbery have been committed over five years by non-Brits. The real number will be massively higher."

Mr Yusuf said of the 43 police forces to which Reform UK submitted Freedom of Information requests, only 11 complied. He said the police did not log nationality in the vast majority of those crimes.

He said: "The Tories and Labour have been hiding the sheer scale of foreign national crime in the UK."

Reform's policy chief told The Sun that both parties had failed Brits for decades by refusing to deport offenders and not securing the country's borders "despite their empty promises".

The Labour Party and Conservative Party have been approached for comment.

According to The Sun, Reform's figures show 124,125 violence against the person offences and 35,377 thefts between 2020 and 2024.

Nigel Farage's outfit claimed the 32 forces which didn't supply figures responded saying they were unable to collate data "cost-effectively".

Mr Yusuf said Reform UK would halt non-essential immigration and deport foreign criminals from day one if it were to win the next general election.

A Government spokesman told The Sun all foreign national offenders who receive a prison sentence in the UK are referred for deportation at the earliest opportunity.

Government sources, reported by the same publication, said they returned 5,430 foreign national offenders in the past year. This represents a 12% increase on the same period 12 months previously.

Figures from Statista show there were 24,634,704 recorded offences in England between 2020-21 and 2024-25.

The Office for National Statistics reports that over the last decade crimes against individuals and households has dropped, with some exceptions, including sexual assault.

According to the ONS, the Crime Survey for England and Wales estimated 9.6 million incidents of headline crime in the survey year ending December 2024.

Headline crime includes theft, robbery, criminal damage, fraud, computer misuse and violence with or without injury.