Africans & Middle Easterners Drive Record 'Honor' Abuse & FGM Surge In UK

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Africans & Middle Easterners Drive Record 'Honor' Abuse & FGM Surge In UK Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity,Police in England and Wales recorded 3,145 honor-based abuse…

Police in England and Wales recorded 3,145 honor-based abuse offenses in the year ending March 2026 - the highest figure since comparable records began.

Female genital mutilation offenses rose 52 percent to 166. The number track the arrival and growth of communities in which family "honor" and control over female behavior routinely override individual rights.

The Home Office published the statistics on November 5. They mark a 7 percent increase on the previous year's 2,949 offenses.

London's Metropolitan Police alone recorded 625 cases, 20 percent of the national total. West Midlands Police logged 395 and Greater Manchester Police 254. Controlling and coercive behavior accounted for 22 percent of the total, with assault with injury at 14 percent. Forced marriage offenses stood at 129.

The Home Office states that the figures "are likely to only represent a fraction" of the true number because honor-based abuse is a hidden crime and many victims fear family or community retaliation if they report.

Improved identification and a Metropolitan Police system change in early 2024 have contributed to higher recording, yet the underlying pattern remains clear.

Under the police and Crown Prosecution Service definition, honor-based abuse is an incident or crime involving violence, threats, intimidation, coercion or abuse committed to protect or defend the honor of an individual, family or community for an alleged or perceived breach of a code of behavior.

It includes forced marriage, female genital mutilation, physical assaults, psychological control and restrictions on personal freedom.

FGM is illegal in the UK. More than half of the 166 recorded FGM offenses in the latest year came through the mandatory reporting duty that requires regulated professionals to notify police of known cases involving girls under 18.

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