Crime in UK

 

1. Main facts and figures

    in the year ending 31 March 2023, there were 668,979 arrests in England and Wales – up by over 14,000 compared with the previous year
    black people were 2.2 times as likely to be arrested as white people – there were 20.4 arrests for every 1,000 black people, and 9.4 for every 1,000 white people
    overall, men were almost 6 times as likely to be arrested as women – there were 19.4 arrests for every 1,000 men, and 3.3 for every 1,000 women
    black men were 2.4 times as likely to be arrested as white men – there were 38.2 arrests for every 1,000 black men, and 16.0 for every 1,000 white men

Ethnicity facts and figures / Gov.Uk / 
Crime, justice and the law