Sexual offences by nationality 770/2026

FOI Reference: 770/2026

Request:

I request the following information for the period 1 January 2024 to 13 May 2026.

Please provide the number of individuals arrested for rape and sexual offences, broken down by the recorded nationality of the arrested person.

Where an individual has been arrested more than once during the requested period for the offences within the scope of this request, please remove duplicate custody records so that each individual is counted only once, using the same methodology applied in your custody system where possible.

 

Response:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, the details of which are as follows:

Number of individual arrested for sexual offences by nationality for the period covering 01/01/204 – 13/05/26.

Afghanistan - 1

Australian - 1

Bangladeshi - 5

Belgian - 1

Bulgarian - 3

Czech - 1

Egyptian - 2

English - 113

French - 1

German - 2

Ghanian - 3

Greek - 1

Hungarian - 1

Indian - 2

Iranian - 1

Iraqi - 3

Irish - 4

Kenyan - 2

Latvian - 1

Lithuanian - 1

Namibian - 1

Dutch (Netherlands) - 2

Nigerian - 4

Northern Irish - 1

Pakistani - 1

Portuguese - 3

Philippines - 4

Poland - 12

Romanian - 3

Slovakian - 1

Sierra Leonian - 1

Singapore - 1

South African - 4

Spanish - 1

Syrian - 4

Tunisian - 1

Turkish - 4

Ukrainian - 1

UAE - 1

UK - 300 (Nationality not specified)

USA - 1

Welsh - 182

Zimbabwean - 1

Unknown - 393

 

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 01/09/2026)

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