FOI 325567
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 325567
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 15th April 2024. Please find below the response to your request:
Arrests by country of birth for 2021, 2022 and 2023
Reply
West Mercia Police do hold the information requested.
Caveat: country of birth is not a mandatory field, therefore there are a number of records where there is no data which have been classed as “Not Stated”:
|
Country of Birth |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
Grand Total |
|
AFGHANISTAN |
12 |
17 |
11 |
40 |
|
ALBANIA |
48 |
55 |
46 |
149 |
|
ALGERIA |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
ANGOLA |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
ARGENTINA |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
ARMENIA |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
AUSTRALIA |
5 |
3 |
5 |
13 |
|
AUSTRIA |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
BAHRAIN |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
BANGLADESH |
5 |
10 |
10 |
25 |
|
BELARUS (BYELORUSSIA) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
BELGIUM |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
BENIN |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
BERMUDA |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
BOTSWANA |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
BRAZIL |
3 |
6 |
4 |
13 |
|
BULGARIA |
34 |
35 |
27 |
96 |
|
BURMA / MYANMAR |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
CAMBODIA |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
CAMEROON |
1 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
|
CANADA |
2 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
|
CAPE VERDE |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
CAYMAN ISLANDS |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
CHINA (PEOPLE'S REP. OF) |
7 |
6 |
8 |
21 |
|
COLOMBIA |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
CONGO |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
COTE D'IVOIRE |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
CYPRUS |
2 |
4 |
3 |
9 |
|
CZECH REPUBLIC |
2 |
1 |
5 |
8 |
|
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
DJIBOUTI |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
EAST TIMOR |
1 |
4 |
0 |
5 |
|
EGYPT |
2 |
2 |
6 |
10 |
|
ERITREA |
12 |
3 |
16 |
31 |
|
ESTONIA |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
ETHIOPIA |
1 |
2 |
5 |
8 |
|
FIJI |
2 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
|
FINLAND |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
FRANCE |
3 |
3 |
5 |
11 |
|
FRENCH GUIANA |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
GAMBIA |
3 |
0 |
4 |
7 |
|
GEORGIA |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
GERMANY |
17 |
18 |
19 |
54 |
|
GHANA |
27 |
28 |
34 |
89 |
|
GIBRALTAR |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
GREECE |
2 |
0 |
4 |
6 |
|
GRENADA |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
GUINEA-BISSAU |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
GUYANA |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
HONDURAS |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
HONG KONG |
2 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
|
HUNGARY |
8 |
4 |
10 |
22 |
|
ICELAND |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
INDIA |
27 |
47 |
79 |
153 |
|
INDONESIA |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
IRAN |
28 |
19 |
19 |
66 |
|
IRAQ |
12 |
29 |
12 |
53 |
|
IRISH REPUBLIC (EIRE) |
22 |
21 |
32 |
75 |
|
ITALY |
9 |
9 |
2 |
20 |
|
JAMAICA |
9 |
11 |
7 |
27 |
|
JAPAN |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
JORDAN |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
KAZAKHSTAN |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
KENYA |
1 |
3 |
5 |
9 |
|
KOSOVO |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
KUWAIT |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
KYRGYZSTAN |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
LAOS |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
LATVIA |
19 |
24 |
21 |
64 |
|
LEBANON |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
LIBERIA |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
LIBYA |
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|
LITHUANIA |
28 |
27 |
25 |
80 |
|
LUXEMBOURG |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
MACEDONIA (FYR MACEDONIA) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
MALAWI |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
MALAYSIA |
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
|
MALTA |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
MAURITIUS |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
MEXICO |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
|
MOLDOVA |
1 |
4 |
2 |
7 |
|
MONTENEGRO |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
MOROCCO |
1 |
2 |
4 |
7 |
|
MOZAMBIQUE |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
NEPAL |
1 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
|
NETHERLANDS |
3 |
9 |
2 |
14 |
|
NEW ZEALAND |
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|
NICARAGUA |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
NIGERIA |
14 |
10 |
27 |
51 |
|
NORWAY |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
NOT STATED |
3390 |
3466 |
4042 |
10898 |
|
PAKISTAN |
36 |
39 |
32 |
107 |
|
PHILIPPINES |
2 |
2 |
5 |
9 |
|
POLAND |
180 |
165 |
156 |
501 |
|
PORTUGAL |
11 |
15 |
9 |
35 |
|
ROMANIA |
200 |
211 |
234 |
645 |
|
RUSSIA |
1 |
2 |
4 |
7 |
|
SAUDI ARABIA |
2 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
|
SERBIA |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
SEYCHELLES |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
SIERRA LEONE |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
SINGAPORE |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
SLOVAK REPUBLIC |
12 |
11 |
12 |
35 |
|
SOMALIA |
6 |
3 |
5 |
14 |
|
SOUTH AFRICA |
14 |
12 |
13 |
39 |
|
SPAIN |
6 |
13 |
4 |
23 |
|
SRI LANKA |
7 |
6 |
5 |
18 |
|
ST. LUCIA |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
SUDAN |
16 |
3 |
6 |
25 |
|
SWEDEN |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
SWITZERLAND |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
SYRIA |
1 |
1 |
10 |
12 |
|
TANZANIA |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
THAILAND |
2 |
7 |
5 |
14 |
|
TOGO |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
TUNISIA |
2 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
|
TURKEY |
6 |
3 |
9 |
18 |
|
UGANDA |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
UKRAINE |
2 |
2 |
10 |
14 |
|
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
5 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
|
UNITED KINGDOM |
3954 |
4533 |
4479 |
12966 |
|
UNITED STATES |
4 |
7 |
7 |
18 |
|
UZBEKISTAN |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
VENEZUELA |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
VIETNAM |
8 |
8 |
6 |
22 |
|
YEMEN (ARAB REPUBLIC) |
2 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
|
ZAMBIA |
0 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
|
ZIMBABWE |
9 |
6 |
30 |
45 |
|
Grand Total |
8285 |
8987 |
9609 |
26881 |