More than 200 arrests for terror-related offences made in past year – including 42 kids
MORE than 200 people were arrested for terrorist-related offences in the UK last year – including 42 kids.
It is the most since 2019 although less than the peak in 2017 when more than 450 were held.
In total cops made 219 arrests for, 61 of which resulted in a charge, 98 were bailed and 46 were released without charge.
Those arrested who were under-17 increased from 32 to 42 last year, the highest in this age bracket since records began in 2001.
Some 46 per cent of those arrested under the Terrorism Act were White, while 34 per cent were Asian, according to official stats.
Brits have accounted for 62.9 per cent of all arrests since 2001, Home Office figures show.
There are 244 prisoners currently behind bars in prison for terrorist offences.
A majority 65 per cent are locked up for Islamist extremist views, while 26 per cent held extreme right-wing ideologies.
It comes as a new definition of extremism today will see Whitehall banned from engaging with hatemongers.
Top Tory Michael Gove will unveil the wording designed to outlaw those who seek to “undermine, overturn or replace” the British democratic system and our values.