How many foreign national offenders are returned from the UK, by nationality?

Why

The Home Office returns datasets include a foreign national offender return type in Ret_D01 and dedicated tables Ret_D03 (foreign national offender returns by nationality and destination group) and Ret_D04, quarterly; the year ending March 2026 chapter reports 5,858 such returns, the highest since 2017. Offence and sentence breakdowns are published separately as official statistics in development.

What is known

• Foreign national offender returns by nationality (Ret_D03)
• Enforced returns by nationality (all return types) enforced_returns_by_nationality
• Foreign national offenders and the immigration system

What is not known

• Returns by prison or local authority of last residence
• Time from end of sentence to removal

Who holds the data

• Home Office
• Ministry of Justice

Would a Freedom of Information request help?

Unlikely. The tables are published quarterly.

Privacy and disclosure restrictions

Nationality cells are small for many countries; the offence-group series is labelled in development.

Official sources checked

• https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables
• https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-system-statistics-year-ending-march-2026/how-many-people-are-returned-from-the-uk

Last reviewed 2026-09-02. Availability changes; if a publication now answers this question, challenge the classification below.