Foreign nationals are as much as THREE instances extra prone to be arrested than Brits in components of the UK as revised figures present enormous migration surge after 166,000 arrivals have been missed off official data

Foreign nationals are up to three times more likely to be arrested than Brits in parts of the country, according to the latest available data – as revised figures show migration is higher than expected after 166,000 arrivals were missed off official records

In an extraordinary revision of Government estimates, Office for National Statistics (ONS) analysts revealed a staggering 906,000 people were added to the UK’s population during the year ending June 2023.

This was 166,000 – or 22 per cent – higher than the agency’s original toll, which itself was an all-time high. 

The latest ONS data release did not include figures on the number of crimes carried out by new arrivals, but a picture of offending by foreign nationals in local police areas has previously been constructed using information sourced under freedom of information laws. 

In Cambridgeshire, of the more than 21,200 arrests made between 2021 and 2023, nearly 8,800 (41.5 per cent) were not UK citizens. This is despite them comprising just 15 per cent of the local population.

Statistics from Cambridgeshire Police, which covers cities such as Cambridge and Peterborough, suggest foreign nationals residing in the UK are three times as likely to be arrested on suspicion of a crime than Brits.

In the county, the average annual arrest rate for foreign nationals between 2021 and 2023 was 21.5 per 1,000 population. In comparison, MailOnline analysis suggests the equivalent rate for Brits was 6.5 per 1,000.

Other notable areas include Gloucestershire with 27.5 arrests per 1,000 foreign nationals compared to 8.1 per 1,000 Britons, Nottinghamshire with 31.7 for migrants vs 10 for Britons, and Derbyshire with 32.6 against 10.2.

Figures were obtained from 26 out of 43 forces in England and Wales which responded to a Freedom of Information request by the Centre for Migration Control thinktank.

The other 17 forces said they were unable to provide the information.

The FOI asked each force how many non-UK citizens, who are resident in the UK, its officers had arrested in 2021, 2022 and 2023.

People included in the figures for arrests in each police force area do not necessarily live there, so it should be noted that the analysis does not measure the number of alleged criminals living in an area.

The figures are also for numbers of arrests, not individuals, so if someone was arrested more than once they will appear multiple times.

Population data for MailOnline’s analysis comes from the 2021 Census, so the crime rates calculated in 2022/23 will not take into account soaring levels of migration.

The figures use primary passport as a proxy for nationality, so migrants who have become UK citizens are not counted as foreign nationals.

Our analysis has also assumed that those with no passport are British nationals, as an ONS report has concluded that around 96 per cent of those without one are UK-born.

There were nearly 760,000 arrests across out of a total of 21,830,731 Brits across the 26 police forces between 2021 and 2023, or a yearly average of 10.3 per 1,000 people.

This is compared to the more than 140,000 out of 2.16million foreign nationals arrested in the same period, an average of 21.7 per 1,000.

Just one out of the 26 forces had lower levels of migrant arrests in the three years, Devon and Cornwall with a rate of 7.2 per 1,000 for migrants against 10 in 1,000 for Britons.

The analysis come after Tory leadership candidate Robert Jenrick said the scale of crime committed by migrants was being covered up.

The ex-immigration minister told the Telegraph earlier this year that the public ‘deserved to know the truth’. 

He and other supporters claim the data, a version of which is published in Denmark and some US states, could help strengthen visa and deportation policies for people from countries whose nationals have higher crime rates.

Public safety campaigner and former constable Rory Geoghegan told MailOnline that the figures show that the statistics strengthen the need for stricter immigration controls.

The founder of the Public Safety Foundation, also a former No10 and Home Office adviser, said: ‘These latest figures strengthen the case for stricter controls, limits and checks to ensure that immigration policy does not undermine public safety.

‘Too many foreign nationals, whether entering illegally or legally, engage in criminality. 

‘The minority who do so need to know that their actions will have swift and certain consequences – including removal.

‘If the Government don’t take these issues seriously and get a grip of them then opposition parties serious about representing the mainstream in Britain must be prepared to step up and speak up.

‘The Home Secretary would also do well to work with her colleague the Justice Secretary to publish much more granular data in order that the true scale of these issues can be understood.’

Government statistics yesterday revealed 728,000 more people were added to the UK’s population in the year ending June 2024.

That figure was almost as high as the previous record, set in the previous 12-month spell.

But the bar was shifted upwards because of the ONS’s revision to the 740,000 estimate it originally published.

The ONS said it now has more complete data and has also improved how it estimates the migration behaviour of people arriving in the UK from outside the EU.

It estimated that fewer EU nationals departed the country, and more students from outside the EU stayed after finishing courses.

However, the latest revisions will fuel criticism of the statistical body, which is already under intense fire for faulty labour force numbers.

The scale of the inflows – with the peak roughly equivalent to adding two cities the same size as Leicester in a year – is poised to spark a fresh political row.

Numbers from outside the EU have exploded since 2021, after the Brexit deal took effect.

Of the 1.2million people who came to live in the UK in the 12 months to June 2024, around 86 per cent – a million – hailed from outside the EU.

Indian was the most common nationality for both work-related (116,000) and study-related (127,000) reasons.

Kemi Badenoch used a major speech last night to insist the Tories would not allow Britain to be treated like a ‘hotel’ for migrants.

She warned yesterday that immigration levels are ‘a world away from where we need to be’ as she promised a ‘strict numerical cap’ on arrivals. Only those able to make a ‘substantial and clear contribution’ to Britain will be allowed in, the Tory leader said.

Ms Badenoch will review Britain’s membership of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the continuation of Labour’s Human Rights Act, which have both been blamed for blocking past attempts to get tough.

The Tory leader said there would be ‘zero tolerance for foreign criminals remaining in the UK’.

Following their landslide election win, Labour immediately vowed to tackle the small boats crisis with its Border Security Command to counter trafficking gangs and people smugglers.

Ex-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s plan to send migrants to Rwanda was canned, however.