Reference: FOI-2024-1779
You asked
I wish to make a Freedom of Information request regarding the following.
Ethnicity of perpetrators of all crime, ie. Knife crime, drug crime, gun crime, grooming of minors, people trafficking, burglary, car theft & racist incidents, in the United Kingdom, from the year 2000 to present day.
We said
Thank you for your enquiry.
We produce statistics from two main sources, the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW), and Police Recorded Crime (PRC). Our publications and data concern crime as it is experienced by victims, or as it is recorded by the police.
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) are primarily responsible for data on offenders. They publish statistics each quarter. You may find their report Statistics on Ethnicity and the Criminal Justice System 2022 of use. You may also want to have a look at the MoJ's Outcomes by Offence data tool: June 2023. It allows you to filter it by offence and ethnicity to find the convictions and sentenced numbers.
If you have any questions regarding this data, the Ministry of Justice may be able to help you further and can be contacted at ESD@justice.gov.uk.