Overview
- Official figures record 2,949 honour-related offences last year but only 95 prosecutions, keeping the rate under three percent.
- The pattern persists across recent years, with 2,755 offences and 80 prosecutions in 2023/24 and 3,008 offences with 68 prosecutions in 2022/23.
- Activists and some MPs warn that up to 85 Sharia councils, which operate outside the Arbitration Act, foster private dispute resolution that hinders police and courts.
- The Metropolitan Police have logged more than 1,000 FGM reports since 2015, including 109 last year and 111 the year before, yet Britain has secured only three FGM convictions to date.
- Forced marriage reports totaled 766 between 2020 and 2025 with 118 prosecutions, prompting calls from Nick Timothy and Rebecca Paul for tougher enforcement and tailored support for victims.