Explosive new poll shows nine in ten Britons support deporting violent illegal migrants to protect women's safety

It showed 93 per cent of Britons support the deportation of illegal migrants who are guilty of rape and other violent crimes.

This was compounded by 67 per cent of respondents saying the small boats crisis was threatening women’s safety across the country.

These definitive stances were shared across the lengths and breadths of the country, with 93 per cent of those in England, 96 per cent in Wales, 97 per cent in Scotland and 89 per cent in Northern Ireland in favour of deporting violent illegal migrants.

Regarding threats to women, 67 per cent of those in England, 72 per cent in Wales, 60 per cent in Scotland and 80 per cent in Northern Ireland said large-scale migration had become a serious issue.

The trends were similar across the political landscape, with 99 per cent of Reform and Conservative voters backing deportations of illegal migrants convicted of rape and violent crimes, which was matched by 92 and 93 per cent of Labour and Lib Dem voters, respectively.

The only outlier was the Green Party, with 36 per cent of supporters worried about the impact of illegal migration on women’s safety, although 87 per cent backed deportation of violent migrants.

YouGov’s findings were based on the responses of more than 400,000 people to an email survey sent across the UK.

Reacting to the results, Paola Diana, the Chair of the Women’s Policy Centre, said: “The British public could not be clearer. Women’s rights and women’s safety are under threat, and people across the country recognise that illegal migration is part of that problem.

“The staggering majority demand that violent offenders who come here illegally should be removed from our communities. Anything less is a failure to safeguard women and girls."

Reform UK’s Lee Anderson was not surprised by the results, telling the People's Channel: “Women and girls are being put at increased risk of sexual attacks because of the negligence of this government who allow rapists into our country every month.

“These depraved monsters from backward cultures should not be prowling our streets. There's no wonder women are up in arms."

Fears over the safety of women and girls have quickly become a key concern for Britons amid a disturbing spate of migrant sex crimes making headlines. Most recently, two Afghan teens who arrived in Britain via the English Channel were jailed for the rape of a 15-year-old girl in Leamington Spa.

Concerned Britons have taken to the streets under the banner of women’s safety, including the Pink Ladies group, which is crusading to “protect vulnerable girls”. They and thousands of others have gathered outside migrant hotels across the country, where asylum seekers are kept at the taxpayer's expense.

Among those also raising an alarm about the crisis is the Women’s Safety Initiative, whose mission is to “expose the dangers of mass migration, put women and girls first, advocate for victims, and demand real solutions”.

Jess Gill, founder and director of the group, told GB News illegal migration was “the biggest threat facing women”.

Reacting to the latest polling, Ms Gill said the rights of migrants should never come before the “safety of women in this country”.

“We’ve seen so many case studies where women have been sacrificed because politicians don’t have what it takes to deport people who shouldn’t be in the country to begin with,” she said.

Labour has attempted to address the crisis, with Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood admitting the “pace and scale of migration has placed immense pressure on local communities”.

Last month, she outlined plans to reinterpret Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to speed up deportations and cut asylum claims, among other measures. However, holes in her reforms have been highlighted by experts and concerned lawmakers.

The Government's plans to end asylum hotels by moving migrants into military barracks, with the Cameron Barracks in Inverness and Crowborough Training Camp in East Sussex the first sites identified, are already facing fierce local opposition.

As many as 190,455 migrants have broken into Britain across the English Channel since 2018, with 39,294 so far in 2025, according to the Migration Watch think-tank.

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