# Illegal working enforcement: key figures

deported.co.uk story pack. As of: Illegal working visits and arrests: calendar year 2025; civil penalties: rolling year ending 2026 Q1.
Generated: 15 July 2026, 18:27. Live page: https://www.deported.co.uk/enforcement/

- **12,791** Illegal working visits in 2025, up 57% on 8,122 in the prior year. Source: Home Office, illegal working and enforcement data (ad hoc release, provisional operational data).
- **8,971** Arrests from those visits in 2025, up 59% on 5,647. Source: Home Office, illegal working and enforcement data (ad hoc release, provisional operational data).
- **2,251** Civil penalties issued to employers in the year ending 2026 Q1 (prior year: 2,171). Source: Home Office, Immigration Enforcement data, civil penalties (table CP_02).
- **£121.7m** Value of those penalties (prior year: £110.8m). Source: Home Office, Immigration Enforcement data, civil penalties (table CP_02).

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