Former undercover officer Peter Bleksley appeared on The Express’s podcast The Daily Expresso.
Peter Bleksley appeared on The Express’s podcast (Image: The Express)
A former undercover cop has raged against “cowardice” amid calls to reveal crime statistics according to the nationality of perpatrators. Ex-Met Police officer Peter Bleksley lashed out at officials in our podcast The Daily Expresso, telling host JJ Anisiobi that they are afraid to tell Brits the truth. Mr Bleksley said: “People originating from Afghanistan are something like 22 times more likely than a native British person to commit an offense of a sexual nature, for example.”
The statistics “all bear that out”, he claimed. “Likewise with the Albanians who came in here and got a pretty firm grip on much of the drugs industry,” the retired cop added.
“Many of them have been arrested and locked up for that kind of stuff. They disproportionately commit more crime than native Brits do.” Mr Bleksley then alleged that in recent years, the Home Office and others, including the police, have not provided “accurate data.”
“And once again, this comes down to cowardice because people are afraid to tell us who’s committing what crime,” he said.
“Of course, the bulk of crime in Britain gets committed by guess who? British people, right?
“But now of course with so many criminals imported from elsewhere around the world, it makes it much more difficult for the police.
“The demand on them is far greater.”
Mr Bleksley insisted that the country “should have these accurate statistics.”
He added: “The Home Office and the police have promised us we’re going to get those… But I would say don’t hold your breath, because if they were to be published, it might very much support politicians of a certain persuasion in their arguments for which I think we should all be entitled to secure borders and the proper repatriation or deportation of people who break the law.”
Shabana Mahmood was told earlier this month that police will never be able to record 100% of offenders’ ethnicities (Image: Getty)
Earlier this month, service leaders said that police will never be able to record 100% of offenders’ ethnicities, despite the Home Secretary saying that the information should be collated.
Shabana Mahmood wants forces to record the information in the wake of the grooming gangs scandals, The Telegraph reported.
But the heads of two major child protection programmes cast doubt on whether the move will ever be possible.
Gareth Edwards, head of the Vulnerability Knowledge and Practice Programme, said: “We’re never going to get to 100% completion rate. Sometimes we won’t know who the suspects are.
“Sometimes victims may not engage, there might be third-party reports… there are different reasons why we won’t always have that data available.
“But I think the ambition for us to improve our quality in that area is what we share collectively.”
