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Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/26/004879/Z
Version Date: 30/07/2026
The Performance Analysis Department has provided the following information:
Data Source:
Crime information system – Niche
Data Processing:
Searched for crimes where the suspect person address contains one of the following:
I request the following information for the period 1 January 2018 to the most recent date available.
Please provide the number of recorded crimes within your police force area where the suspect or offender was recorded as:
• having entered the United Kingdom by crossing the English Channel from France in a small boat;
• being an asylum seeker;
• having been granted refugee status;
• being a failed asylum seeker;
• residing in Home Office asylum accommodation, including asylum hotels, contingency accommodation, dispersal accommodation, barges or military accommodation.
Where held, please provide annual totals for:
• Recorded crimes (alleged offences)
• Arrests
• Voluntary interviews
• Charges
• Files submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service
• Outcomes
• Convictions (if held)
Please provide a breakdown by offence category including:
• Homicide
• Violence Against the Person
• Sexual Offences
• Rape
• Assault by Penetration
• Sexual Assault
• Child Sexual Offences
• Child Sexual Exploitation
• Grooming
• Indecent Images of Children
• Exposure
• Voyeurism
• Robbery
• Burglary
• Theft
• Criminal Damage
• Fraud
• Drug Offences
• Weapons Offences
• Public Order Offences
• Hate Crime
• Domestic Abuse-related Offences
• Modern Slavery Offences
• Immigration Offences
• All Other Recorded Offences
Please also confirm:
1. Whether your force records or has access to any field identifying:
o immigration status;
o asylum status;
o refugee status;
o method of entry into the UK;
o Home Office asylum accommodation.
There is no marker or flag to indicate whether an individual is or was an asylum seeker or refugee or how they entered the UK. This information would be held by the Home Office.
Crimes
|
Crime Group |
2019 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
2026 |
Grand Total |
|
Criminal Damage |
|
2 |
5 |
3 |
10 |
2 |
22 |
|
Drug Offences |
|
1 |
6 |
9 |
14 |
13 |
43 |
|
Dwelling Burglary |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Other Offences |
|
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
4 |
|
Possession of Weapons |
|
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
3 |
|
Public Order |
|
|
8 |
5 |
9 |
3 |
25 |
|
Robbery |
|
|
2 |
|
1 |
2 |
5 |
|
Sexual Offences |
|
1 |
5 |
5 |
7 |
2 |
20 |
|
Theft |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
12 |
|
Violence Against the Person |
|
5 |
17 |
27 |
34 |
13 |
96 |
|
Grand Total |
1 |
12 |
47 |
52 |
81 |
38 |
231 |
|
Crimsec Description |
2019 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
2026 |
Grand Total |
|
Arson not endangering life |
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
Assault with Injury |
|
2 |
7 |
13 |
10 |
4 |
36 |
|
Assault with intent to cause serious harm |
|
|
|
|
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
Assault without Injury |
|
3 |
7 |
11 |
18 |
6 |
45 |
|
Assault without Injury on a Constable |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Attempted Murder |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Burglary Residential |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Business Robbery |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Criminal damage to a building other than a dwelling |
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
|
6 |
|
Criminal damage to a dwelling |
|
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
2 |
|
Criminal damage to a vehicle |
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Exposure and voyeurism |
|
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
4 |
|
Going equipped for stealing |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Handling stolen goods |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Making off without payment |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Malicious Communications |
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
Other criminal damage |
|
1 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
|
10 |
|
Other offences against the state or public order |
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
3 |
|
Other theft |
|
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
3 |
|
Personal Robbery |
|
|
2 |
|
1 |
1 |
4 |
|
Possession of article with blade or point |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Possession of controlled drugs (cannabis) |
|
1 |
5 |
8 |
6 |
5 |
25 |
|
Possession of controlled drugs (excluding cannabis) |
|
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
11 |
|
Possession of other weapons |
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
|
Public fear, alarm or distress |
|
|
5 |
3 |
6 |
3 |
17 |
|
Racially or religiously aggravated assault with injury |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Racially or religiously aggravated assault without injury |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Racially or religiously aggravated public fear, alarm or distress |
|
|
2 |
1 |
2 |
|
5 |
|
Rape of a female aged 16 and over |
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
|
3 |
|
Sexual assault on a female aged 13 and over |
|
1 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
11 |
|
Sexual assault on a male aged 13 and over |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Sexual grooming |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Shoplifting |
|
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
|
Stalking |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Theft or unauthorised taking of a pedal cycle |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Threat or possession with intent to commit criminal damage |
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
Threats to Kill |
|
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
|
Trafficking in controlled drugs |
|
|
|
|
6 |
1 |
7 |
|
Grand Total |
1 |
12 |
47 |
52 |
81 |
38 |
231 |
Arrests
|
Crime Group |
2019 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
2026 |
Grand Total |
|
Criminal Damage |
|
2 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
12 |
|
Drug Offences |
|
0 |
2 |
1 |
14 |
10 |
27 |
|
Dwelling Burglary |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
Other Offences |
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
Possession of Weapons |
|
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
3 |
|
Public Order |
|
|
2 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
9 |
|
Robbery |
|
|
1 |
|
3 |
0 |
4 |
|
Sexual Offences |
|
0 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
11 |
|
Theft |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
Violence Against the Person |
|
4 |
16 |
12 |
26 |
17 |
75 |
|
Grand Total |
1 |
7 |
27 |
18 |
60 |
33 |
146 |
|
Crimsec Description |
2019 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
2026 |
Grand Total |
|
Arson not endangering life |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Assault with Injury |
|
2 |
8 |
8 |
6 |
5 |
29 |
|
Assault with intent to cause serious harm |
|
|
|
|
8 |
6 |
14 |
|
Assault without Injury |
|
2 |
2 |
2 |
11 |
3 |
20 |
|
Assault without Injury on a Constable |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
2 |
|
Attempted Murder |
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
Criminal damage to a building other than a dwelling |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
5 |
|
Criminal damage to a vehicle |
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Exposure and voyeurism |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Going equipped for stealing |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Handling stolen goods |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Other criminal damage |
|
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
|
4 |
|
Other offences against the state or public order |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Personal Robbery |
|
|
1 |
|
3 |
|
4 |
|
Possession of article with blade or point |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Possession of controlled drugs (cannabis) |
|
|
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
|
Possession of controlled drugs (excluding cannabis) |
|
|
1 |
|
3 |
5 |
9 |
|
Possession of other weapons |
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
|
Public fear, alarm or distress |
|
|
2 |
2 |
4 |
|
8 |
|
Racially or religiously aggravated assault with injury |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
2 |
|
Rape of a female aged 16 and over |
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
|
3 |
|
Sexual assault on a female aged 13 and over |
|
|
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
|
Sexual grooming |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Shoplifting |
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Stalking |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Theft or unauthorised taking of a pedal cycle |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Threats to Kill |
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Trafficking in controlled drugs |
|
|
|
|
8 |
4 |
12 |
|
Grand Total |
1 |
7 |
27 |
18 |
60 |
33 |
146 |
Outcome breakdown
|
Outcome |
2019 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
2026 |
Grand Total |
|
1: Charged |
1 |
|
4 |
3 |
16 |
6 |
30 |
|
1: Summonsed/postal requisition |
|
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
10: Police - formal action not in public interest |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
14: Victim declines/unable to support action to identify offender |
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
15: CPS - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
15: Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
|
3 |
7 |
7 |
10 |
8 |
35 |
|
16: Victim declines/withdraws support - named suspect identified |
|
2 |
21 |
20 |
30 |
7 |
80 |
|
17: Suspect identified but prosecution time limit expired |
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
|
3 |
|
18: Investigation complete no suspect identified |
|
|
1 |
3 |
5 |
|
9 |
|
1A: Alternate offence charged |
|
|
1 |
|
3 |
|
4 |
|
1A: Alternate offence summonsed/postal requisition |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
21: Police - named suspect, investigation not in the public interest |
|
|
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
|
3: Adult conditional caution |
|
3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
9 |
|
8: Community resolution |
|
3 |
6 |
12 |
5 |
10 |
36 |
|
New |
|
|
|
1 |
5 |
3 |
9 |
|
Grand Total |
1 |
12 |
47 |
52 |
81 |
38 |
231 |