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These statistics have highlighted differences in rates of arrest and imprisonment for racial and ethnic groups. Some commentators have suggested cultural explanations for these differences. [citation needed] As of 2022, 17% of hate crimes in the United Kingdom are conducted against Jews, which account for 0.5% of the British population.
Arrest rates are higher across minority ethnic groups compared to white groups. Methods such as stop and search disproportionately target Black and minority ethnic groups. Once arrested, the CPS reports that suspects from different ethnic groups are charged at similar rates, with the exception of those charged for rape and domestic abuse.
The Met said: "In total, more white people received FPNs [fixed penalty notices] or were arrested than other individual ethnic groups. However, when compared with the composition of the resident population, higher proportions of those in black and minority ethnic (BAME) groups were issued with FPNs or arrested across London as a whole.
According to the Racial Disparity Audit conducted by the United Kingdom Prime Minister, in 2017 minorities living in Wales and England were more than 3.5 times more likely to be arrested than whites. Likewise, this same group was far more likely to be the victims of crime with their white counterparts only having 15 percent likelihood.
As of June 2023, the United Kingdom has the highest per-capita incarceration rate in Western Europe, at 159 people per 100,000 in England and Wales; 162 people per 100,000 in Scotland; 97 people per 100,000 in Northern Ireland; and the largest prison population in Western Europe.
The Home Office has released quarterly figures on terrorism-related arrests in the UK, and stops and searches by the Metropolitan Police.
The article, titled “UK To Imprison People Who View Far-Right Propaganda For Up To 15 Years,” was actually published in October of 2017 and predated the riots by almost eight years.
The ethnic makeup of the rioters varied in different cities: 76% of those arrested in Manchester were white, while 29% were white and 39% black in London, and the West Midlands was the only area where more than 6% were Asian. [212] [213]