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Potential victims of modern slavery referred to the National Referral Mechanism, UK

Official statistics

Potential victims of modern slavery in the UK referred to the National Referral Mechanism each quarter since April to June 2009, all referrals and by the competent authority that decides them, from the Home Office's NRM and Duty to Notify statistics.

Potential victims referred

6,954

Q2 2026

Verified against source, 8 November 2026, 13:33 UTC
Potential victims of modern slavery referred to the National Referral Mechanism, UK
  • All referrals
  • Single Competent Authority
  • Immigration Enforcement Competent Authority
02k4k6k8kQ2 2009Q2 2012Q2 2015Q2 2018Q2 2021Q2 2024Q2 2026

Source: Home Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data table

69 periods, newest first

PeriodAll referralsSingle Competent AuthorityImmigration Enforcement Competent Authority
Q2 20266,9545,2571,697
Q1 20265,9954,4471,548
Q4 20256,0174,7561,261
Q3 20256,4075,1621,245
Q2 20255,6894,2521,437
Q1 20255,2933,8291,464
Q4 20245,5364,0101,526
Q3 20244,7513,921830
Q2 20244,3113,329982
Q1 20244,5153,4521,063
Q4 20234,1273,166961
Q3 20234,1283,257871
Q2 20233,9903,152838
Q1 20234,7383,6821,056
Q4 20224,4023,2901,112
Q3 20224,5723,2731,299
Q2 20224,1532,9921,161
Q1 20223,7722,884888
Q4 20213,3242,778546
Q3 20213,3112,983328
Q2 20213,1162,923193
Q1 20212,9332,84588
Q4 20203,0342,783251
Q3 20202,4832,40677
Q2 20202,1972,16730
Q1 20202,8562,591265
Q4 20193,3422,942400
Q3 20192,8012,483318
Q2 20192,3052,152153
Q1 20192,1532,042111
Q4 20181,9551,92728
Q3 20181,7461,73412
Q2 20181,6521,64111
Q1 20181,6181,6162
Q4 20171,4631,4621
Q3 20171,3221,3211
Q2 20171,1941,1931
Q1 20171,1551,1550
Q4 20169999981
Q3 20169069060
Q2 20161,0031,0030
Q1 20168948940
Q4 20159399381
Q3 20158378370
Q2 20157607591
Q1 20157277270
Q4 20146366351
Q3 20146286271
Q2 20145065060
Q1 20145675670
Q4 20135585580
Q3 20133963960
Q2 20133833830
Q1 20134064060
Q4 20123323320
Q3 20123173170
Q2 20122922920
Q1 20122362360
Q4 20112462460
Q3 20112782780
Q2 20111861860
Q1 20112262260
Q4 20102042040
Q3 20102122120
Q2 20101381380
Q1 20101721720
Q4 20091841840
Q3 20091941940
Q2 20091741740

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Source and licence

Publisher
Home Office
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https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Verification

Verified against source, 8 November 2026, 13:33 UTC Run at 8 November 2026, 13:33 UTC; 207 of 207 figures matched the live source.

ResultCheckDetail
PassProvenance recordedHome Office; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-08T13:14:05Z; 2 raw file(s)
PassRaw files match recorded SHA-2562 of 2 files intact
PassRe-parsing raw files reproduces figures207 of 207 figures and the headline reproduced
PassFigures are finite numbers207 figures, 0 invalid
PassLive source matches every figure207 of 207 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches
PassGOV.UK table is currentlatest period 2026-06-30 ended 131 days before retrieval (limit 200), from Modern slavery: National Referral Mechanism and Duty to Notify statistics, year to June 2026: static data tables
Not runSecond official routeNo second route publishes these quarters: the Home Office's pivot tables and its other static tables restate them from the same live systems in the same release; the checks compare Table 2's totals with Table 1's.
PassThe two authorities add up to all referrals87 of 87 cases of the quarters and years give the IECA's and the SCA's referrals adding up to the total
PassEach year's quarters add up to its row54 of 54 cases of the years' rows are their quarters' sums, for each authority and the total
PassTable 2 gives Table 1's totals63 of 63 cases of Table 2's quarters and years give Table 1's total referrals
PassSource page answershttps://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics – HTTP 200

Notes

  • Referrals of potential victims to the National Referral Mechanism by first responders, by the quarter they were made, as Table 1 gives them, with the competent authority that decides each case: the Single Competent Authority (and its predecessors) and, since 8 November 2021, the Immigration Enforcement Competent Authority. Reports to the Duty to Notify, of adults who do not consent to a referral, are not included: the Home Office advises against adding the two, since one person may be in both.
  • The Home Office takes the figures from live case management systems, so each release can revise earlier quarters, and it advises caution with figures before 2014. The hub shows every quarter from the latest release.