Modern Slavery: National Referral Mechanism and Duty to Notify statistics UK, quarter 3 2025 - July to September

Product Description

This statistical bulletin provides a summary and breakdown of the number of potential victims of modern slavery referred into the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) or via the Duty to Notify (DtN) process from 1 July to 30 September 2025 (quarter 3). Please refer to the data tables that accompany this bulletin for additional data.

Key results

• 6,414 potential victims of modern slavery were referred to the Home Office from July to September 2025, representing a 13% increase compared to the previous quarter (5,689) and a 35% increase from July to September 2024 (4,752)
• the number of referrals received this quarter is the highest number of referrals received in a single quarter since the NRM began in 2009
• 81% (5,165) were sent to the Single Competent Authority (SCA) for consideration and 19% (1,249) to the Immigration Enforcement Competent Authority (IECA)
• the most common nationalities referred this quarter were UK (20%; 1,312), Eritrean (16%; 1,044) and Somali (10%; 662)
• this was the highest number of referrals for UK, Eritrean and Somali nationals in a quarter since the NRM began
• 112 disqualification requests were made this quarter, representing a 50% increase compared to the previous quarter (56)