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£88m for Palestine while Whitehall finds £15bn for defence✦Two Years in Prison for a Plastic Bottle✦62,199 arrested for speech offences in Britain over five years✦62,199 arrested for speech offences: Britain's five-year record✦The Academy of Franeker: Friesland's Lost University and Its Surprising Legacy✦The Terpen of Friesland: How Ancient Mounds Protected Early Settlements✦£88m for Palestine while Whitehall finds £15bn for defence✦Two Years in Prison for a Plastic Bottle✦62,199 arrested for speech offences in Britain over five years✦62,199 arrested for speech offences: Britain's five-year record✦The Academy of Franeker: Friesland's Lost University and Its Surprising Legacy✦The Terpen of Friesland: How Ancient Mounds Protected Early Settlements✦
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62,199 arrested for speech offences in Britain over five years

British police arrested 62,199 people for speech offences between 2021 and 2025, according to Freedom of Information data compiled by Big Brother Watch. Fewer than one in five of those arrested were convicted of anything.

September 26, 2026Read →
Free Speech

62,199 arrested for speech offences: Britain's five-year record

British police arrested 62,199 people for speech offences between 2021 and 2025, according to Freedom of Information data compiled by Big Brother Watch. Fewer than one in five of those arrested was ultimately convicted.

September 26, 2026Read →