Skip to main content

Hundreds of migrants in asylum hotels charged with rape, robbery, and GBH in 2025

The data comes from an investigation into how many migrants in asylum hotels have been brought before the courts in 2025

General view of Uxbridge Magistrates Court
In the first six months of 2025, 339 residents of asylum hotels appeared before the courts(Image: PA)

In the first six months of 2025, 339 residents of asylum hotels appeared before the courts for crimes such as grievous bodily harm (GBH) robbery and rape.


Around 1.37 million people appear before court each year, though, according to the new statistics, it suggests that asylum seekers were around half as likely to appear when compared to the general population.


According to the data, around 1% of the asylum hotel occupants have appeared in court so far this year—2% of the general population have done the same.


Read more: Martin Lewis Tesco Clubcard voucher hack to 'double their value'

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp accused the Home Office of endangering women and girls with their actions on asylum.

He told the Sun: "This shocking investigation lays bare the risk posed by these illegal immigrants.


"Women are being raped and sexually assaulted and even police officers attacked. We know that the nationalities crossing the Channel are 24 times more likely to wind up in prison than average.

"Yvette Cooper has let in the highest-ever number of illegal immigrants so far this year and has lost control of our borders.

"Women and girls are at risk as a result. I’m sick of the crime being committed by illegal immigrants coming from France. We just need to deport them all immediately upon arrival, whether to Rwanda or elsewhere."


There are currently 32,000 people living in asylum hotels, and The Sun (which carried out the investigation) believes that the number of asylum hotel residents appearing before the courts could be higher.

This is due to the Home Office refusing to publish the location of around half of the 210 believed to be operating.

Of the cases monitored in the investigation, 29 related to sexual offences, consisting of seven alleged rapes.


One was proven incident of indecent exposure and another of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child.

Another case involved an Ethiopian migrant who tried to kiss a 14-year-old schoolgirl just days after arriving.

64 of the crimes were for violence-related offences, such as actual bodily harm (ABH) and GBH, as well as possession of a firearm.

Article continues below

The Home Office said: "While The Sun’s analysis covers only one in 2,000 of the cases that go to court in our country, there is no excuse for people who abuse our country’s hospitality and commit crimes after arriving here."

Follow Birmingham Live:


CrimeAsylum
reach logo

At Reach and across our entities we and our partners use information collected through cookies and other identifiers from your device to improve experience on our site, analyse how it is used and to show personalised advertising. You can opt out of the saleor sharing of your data, at any time clicking the "Do Not Sell or Share my Data" button at the bottom of the webpage. Please note that your preferences are browser specific. Use of our website and any of our services represents your acceptance of the use of cookies and consent to the practices described in our Privacy Notice and Privacy Notice.