Claim: Asylum seekers in the UK make up 14.3% of all suspects in "crimes against life", 12.2% in sexual offences, 11.4% in thefts and 9.7% in body injuries.
Fact-check: Misleading Google search results on UK asylum seeker crime rate used 2017 data from Germany - Full Fact
Verdict: there is no evidence for this, though official data on this topic is limited. these figures are actually from germany in 2017 and include asylum seekers and some specific immigration categories. the office for national statistics and home office do not publish equivalent uk data, so we don't know what the correct figures are.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Evie Townend
Date published: 2024-12-18T00:00:00