Modern Slavery: National Referral Mechanism and Duty to Notify statistics UK, Quarter 2 2025 - April to June

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 April to 30 June 2025 (quarter 2). Please refer to the data tables on the accompanying CD-ROM for additional data.

Key results

• 5,690 potential victims of modern slavery were referred to the Home Office from April to June 2025, representing a 7% increase compared to the previous quarter (5,295) and a 32% increase from April to June 2024 (4,312)
• the number of referrals received this quarter is the highest number of referrals received in a single quarter since the NRM began in 2009
• 75% (4,251) were sent to the Single Competent Authority (SCA) for consideration and 25% (1,439) to the Immigration Enforcement Competent Authority (IECA)
• the most common nationalities referred this quarter were UK (23%; 1,286), Eritrean (11%; 641) and Vietnamese (11%; 599)
• this was the highest number of referrals for UK and Eritrean nationals in a quarter since the NRM began
• 5,895 reasonable grounds and 5,712 conclusive grounds decisions were issued this quarter; of these, 58% of reasonable grounds and 61% of conclusive grounds decisions were positive
• the number of conclusive grounds decisions issued this quarter was the second-highest in a quarter since the NRM began, second only to the record of the previous quarter