The number of sex crimes committed by foreigners in Britain has risen by 62% in just four years, and immigrants now account for one in seven convictions, new statistics on migrant sexual offences show.
According to the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) data, which was obtained by think tank Centre for Migration Control, theft convictions by foreign nationals also increased by 77.9% between 2021 and 2024, while robbery convictions increased by 18.9%.
During the same period, sexual offence convictions by British nationals increased by 39.3%, those for theft rose by 55.8% and those for robbery went up by 2.8%, with the larger increases in foreign national convictions coming after record-high net migration of 906,000 in 2023, The Telegraph reported.
Of the sexual offence convictions where a foreign nationality was recorded, the highest number were committed by Indians, followed by Romanians, Poles, Pakistanis, Afghans, Nigerians, Sudanese, Bangladeshis, Portuguese and Iranians.
Indians also had the largest percentage increase over the four-year period, followed by Nigerians and Iraqis.
There was also a 110% increase in sexual offence convictions for the seven nationalities that made up the majority of illegal Channel crossings last year – Afghans, Syrians, Iranians, Vietnamese, Eritreans, Sudanese and Iraqis – between 2021 and 2024.
Of those nationalities, Afghans had the most convictions in 2024, followed by Sudanese, Iranians, Iraqis and Syrians.
The MoJ said the data had limitations, including that an offender could have multiple listed nationalities while being recorded by their “primary” nationality, and one individual could be convicted of multiple offences.
The shocking figures come as anti-immigration protests continue across the UK, where illegal immigrants are housed in luxury hotels at taxpayer expense instead of being deported, sparked by an Ethiopian so-called refugee being charged with sex offences against a 14-year-old girl.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said the data was bound to “infuriate the public”.
“Foreign sex offenders are becoming one of the most important political issues in Britain,” he said.
Conservative Party MP Robert Jenrick, who wants the nationality and visa/asylum status of every convicted criminal published annually, said the figures were proof the government needed to keep the public informed about immigrant crime.
“This is yet more concerning data that shows mass, uncontrolled migration is fuelling serious crime. The Government needs to wake up, publish the full data and act to keep the public safe,” he said.
Header image: Eritrean illegal immigrant Aron Hadsh, who was last month jailed for just 14 months for sexually assaulting a teenage girl while living in a taxpayer-funded Holiday Inn (Metropolitan Police).
