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Criminal Alien Statistics Fiscal Year 2024

The following is a summary of U.S. Border Patrol enforcement actions related to arrests of criminal aliens for Fiscal Years 2017 - 2024.

Records checks of available law enforcement databases following the apprehension of an individual may reveal a history of criminal conviction(s). That conviction information is recorded in a U.S. Customs and Border Protection database, from which the data below is derived.

Arrests of Individuals with Criminal Convictions

The term “criminal aliens” refers to individuals who have been convicted of one or more crimes, whether in the United States or abroad, prior to interdiction by the U.S. Border Patrol; it does not include convictions for conduct that is not deemed criminal by the United States. Arrests of criminal aliens are a subset of total apprehensions by U.S. Border Patrol.

Arrest Type FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24YTD
U.S. Border Patrol Criminal Alien Arrests 8,531 6,698 4,269 2,438 10,763 12,028 15,267 17,048

Fiscal Year 2024 runs October 1, 2023- September 30, 2024.

Total Criminal Convictions by Type

This table organizes nationwide convictions of criminal aliens by type of criminal conduct. Because some criminal aliens may be convicted of multiple criminal offenses, total convictions listed below exceed the total arrests noted in the table above.

Conviction Type FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24YTD
Assault, Battery, Domestic Violence 692 524 299 208 1,178 1,142 1,254 1,084
Burglary, Robbery, Larceny, Theft, Fraud 595 347 184 143 825 896 864 697
Driving Under the Influence 1,596 1,113 614 364 1,629 1,614 2,493 2,844
Homicide, Manslaughter 3 3 2 3 60 62 29 29
Illegal Drug Possession, Trafficking 1,249 871 449 386 2,138 2,239 2,055 1,566
Illegal Entry, Re-Entry 4,502 3,920 2,663 1,261 6,160 6,797 8,790 10,935
Illegal Weapons Possession, Transport, Trafficking 173 106 66 49 336 309 307 232
Sexual Offenses 137 80 58 156 488 365 284 221
Other1 1,851 1,364 814 580 2,691 2,891 3,286 3,276

Fiscal Year 2024 runs October 1, 2023- September 30, 2024.

The FY total displays the total CES apprehensions but does not equal the sum of data by category because the same apprehension can have multiple NCIC Charges that are included in multiple categories.

1 “Other” includes any conviction not included in the categories above.

Last Modified: Feb 08, 2025

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