Wanted from the UK: European Arrest Warrant statistics 2009 onwards

The European Arrest Warrant (EAW) is a mechanism by which EU member states can request the return of individuals who are believed to be in another EU member state and are wanted in connection with an offence.

The NCA is the principal UK central authority for the processing of EAWs, the other being the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) in Scotland.

The statistics are broken down as follows:

- Wanted from the UK (Part 1) - where the individual is wanted by another jurisdiction and is believed to be in the UK

- Wanted by the UK (Part 3) - individuals wanted by the UK and believed to be in another jurisdiction

- Historical data - all EAW cases processed by the NCA and its predecessors. Note that the data for 2004 to 2009 is totals only, it is not possible to break down this data.

Understanding the figures
It is important to understand the differences between requests, arrests and surrenders.

Requests: The number of requests received by the UK does not represent the number of wanted people in the UK. Some member states issue requests to numerous member states when they do not know where a subject may be. A proportion of the requests received by the UK will be for people who are not, and never have been, in the UK. Similarly it would be inaccurate to calculate the number of wanted people in Europe by adding together the total number of requests for every member state. To do this would count the same individuals many times over.

Arrests: This represents the number of people who have been identified as in the UK and have been arrested, usually by the local police force.

Surrenders: People arrested on an EAW have the right to appeal against extradition. The surrenders figure represents the number of people who - having either failed in their appeal or chosen not to appeal - are extradited.

It is also worth noting that request, arrest and surrender figures do not necessarily relate to the same group of people, given that processes and timescales overlap.

欧洲逮捕令（EAW）是一种机制，通过该机制，欧盟成员国可以请求引渡被认为身处另一欧盟成员国且因涉嫌犯罪而被通缉的个人。英国国家犯罪局（NCA）是处理欧洲逮捕令的主要英国中央机构，苏格兰的皇家检控署和检察官服务局（COPFS）也是其中之一。

统计数据如下分解：

- 来自英国的通缉（第一部分）- 其中个人被另一司法管辖区通缉，且被认为身处英国。

- 由英国通缉（第三部分）- 被英国通缉且被认为身处另一司法管辖区的人员。

- 历史数据 - 英国国家犯罪局及其前身处理的所有欧洲逮捕令案件。请注意，2004年至2009年的数据仅为总计，无法进行细分。

理解数据
了解请求、逮捕和引渡之间的区别至关重要。

请求：英国收到的请求数量并不代表英国通缉人员的数量。一些成员国在不知道嫌疑人可能身处何地时会向多个成员国发出请求。英国收到的请求中有一部分是针对那些从未且不会身处英国的人。同样，将每个成员国的总请求量相加来计算欧洲通缉人员的数量也是不准确的。这样做会导致相同的个人被多次计数。

逮捕：这代表被识别为身处英国并被逮捕的人数，通常由当地警察局执行。

引渡：根据欧洲逮捕令被逮捕的人有权对引渡提出上诉。引渡人数代表那些要么上诉失败，要么选择不提出上诉的人。

还值得注意的是，请求、逮捕和引渡的数字并不一定与同一组人员相关，因为流程和时间表有所重叠。