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The “disgraceful” scale of great crimes dedicated by foreigners has been uncovered in surprising figures. Foreign nationals have been answerable for not less than 208,072 offences over 5 years, based on knowledge obtained by Reform UK.

The outfit’s Head of Policy, Zia Yusufdescribed the numbers as “disgraceful”, including in a publish 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 stated of the 43 police forces to which Reform UK submitted Freedom of Information requests, solely 11 complied. He stated the police didn’t log nationality within the overwhelming majority of these crimes.

He stated: “The Tories and Labour have been hiding the sheer scale of foreign national crime in the UK.”

Reform’s coverage chief informed The Sun that each events had failed Brits for many years by refusing to deport offenders and never securing the nation’s borders “despite their empty promises”.

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

According to The Sun, Reform’s figures present 124,125 violence in opposition to the individual offences and 35,377 thefts between 2020 and 2024.

Nigel Farage’s outfit claimed the 32 forces which did not provide figures responded saying they have been unable to collate knowledge “cost-effectively”.

Mr Yusuf stated Reform UK would halt non-essential immigration and deport international criminals from day one if it have been to win the subsequent common election.

A Government spokesman informed The Sun all international nationwide offenders who obtain a jail sentence within the UK are referred for deportation on the earliest alternative.

Government sources, reported by the identical publication, stated they returned 5,430 international nationwide offenders prior to now yr. This represents a 12% improve on the identical interval 12 months beforehand.

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

The Office for National Statistics experiences that during the last decade crimes in opposition to people and households has dropped, with some exceptions, together with sexual assault.

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

Headline crime consists of theft, theft, prison harm, fraud, pc misuse and violence with or with out damage.