Foreign nationals are up to THREE TIMES more likely to be arrested than Brits in parts of UK, shock data shows

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Forty per cent of arrested suspected criminals are foreign nationals in parts of the country, data shows.

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.

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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 last week that the public 'deserved to know the truth' and pledged to publish detailed data on migrant crime if he ever became Prime Minister.

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.'

A Government spokesperson said: 'This Government is committed to delivering justice for victims and safer streets for our communities.

'Foreign nationals who commit crime should be in no doubt that the law will be enforced and, where appropriate, we will pursue their deportation.'