Reform UK exposes scale of serious crimes committed by foreigners | Politics | News

“Shameful” scale of seriousness crimes Crimes committed by foreigners have come to light in shocking numbers. According to the data obtained, foreign nationals were responsible for at least 208,072 crimes in five years. UK Reformation.

Policy President of the Union, Ziya YusufHe described the numbers as “disgraceful” and added in a post on

Mr Yusuf said only 11 of the 43 police forces to which Reform UK had submitted Freedom of Information requests had complied. He said police did not record nationality in the vast majority of these offences.

He said: “The Conservatives and Labor are hiding the scale of foreign national crime in the UK.”

Reform’s policy chief explained Sun Both sides have frustrated the British for decades by refusing to deport criminals and failing to secure the country’s borders “despite their empty promises”.

Labor and the Conservative Party have been approached for comment.

According to The Sun, Reform’s figures show 124,125 incidents of violence against people and 35,377 thefts between 2020 and 2024.

Nigel Farage’s team claimed 32 forces, which did not provide figures, responded by saying they were unable to collect data in a “cost-effective” way.

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

A Government spokesman told The Sun that all foreign national criminals sentenced to prison in the UK are being referred for deportation at the earliest opportunity.

Government sources in the same publication said that they extradited 5,430 foreign criminals last year. This represents an increase of 12% compared to the same period 12 months ago.

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

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

The Crime Survey for England and Wales estimates there were 9.6 million headline crime incidents in the survey year ending December 2024, according to the ONS.

Major crimes include theft, robbery, criminal damage, fraud, computer misuse, and violence with or without injury.