Claim: The number of white people arrested for terror offences outstrips any other single ethnic group.
Fact-check: What do we know about which ethnic groups get arrested for terrorism charges? - Full Fact
Verdict: this is correct for the year to june 2018, although this is based on ethnicity as recorded by the arresting officer. the margin is small—38% were perceived to be white and 37% were thought to be asian. 9% were recorded as black and 16% as 'other'.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Grace Rahman
Date published: 2018-09-24T00:00:00