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Arrests for notifiable offences by self-defined ethnicity

Arrests for notifiable offences by self-defined ethnicity: Year ending March 2016 to Year ending March 2025ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0250k500k750k20162018202020222024Before: People who identify as Chinese counted in the Other group. After: People who identify as Chinese counted in the Asian (or Asian British) group.definition changeYear ending March 2016: 879,570 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2017: 762,419 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2018: 693,681 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2019: 685,176 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2020: 676,476 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2021: 646,215 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2022: 648,714 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2023: 667,799 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2024: 721,103 arrests · published 19 August 2026Year ending March 2025: 754,046 arrests · published 19 August 2026
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Source: Home Office, Police powers and procedures: arrests, 2026-08-19 (published 19 August 2026). Data presentation: Civometry.

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