Criminality of foreigners
In 2023, 2 774 foreigners were prosecuted on the territory of the Czech Republic, about 350 more persons than in the previous year. The number of foreigners convicted was 6 391 persons, which is an increase of 906 persons compared to the previous year. In total, 13 898 foreigners were detected illegally migrating on the territory of the Czech Republic in 2023, which represents an annual decrease of about 15 000 persons. Of these, 13 530 (i.e. 97.4%) persons stayed illegally on the territory of the Czech Republic and 368 persons crossed the external Schengen border illegally at the international airports of the Czech Republic. Illegal transit migration decreased to 4 742 persons.
Number of accused foreigners
Publication date: 21. 01. 2025
Year 2023
2,460
Number of convicted foreigners
Publication date: 21. 01. 2025
Year 2023
6,391
Number of foreigners illegally crossing the external Schengen border (CZ airport)
Publication date: 21. 10. 2025
Year 2023
368
The number of detected illegally staying foreigners in the Czech Republic
Publication date: 21. 01. 2025
Year 2023
13,530
Data and time series
Criminality and illegal migration of foreigners
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prosecuted foreigners | 2,901 | 2,775 | 2,709 | 2,839 | 2,458 | 2,420 | 2,427 | 2,774 |
| Accused foreigners | 2,674 | 2,508 | 2,368 | 2,530 | 2,191 | 2,068 | 2,114 | 2,460 |
| Convicted foreigners | 5,092 | 5,067 | 5,312 | 5,836 | 4,715 | 4,994 | 5,485 | 6,391 |
| Foreigners in custodial establishments and prisons, total1) | 1,807 | 1,814 | 1,768 | 1,794 | 1,534 | 1,396 | 1,459 | 1,651 |
accused foreigners | 535 | 522 | 540 | 491 | 344 | 349 | 374 | 483 |
convicted foreigners | 1,271 | 1,289 | 1,225 | 1,300 | 1,187 | 1,043 | 1,080 | 1,164 |
| Illegal migration of foreigners, total | 5,260 | 4,738 | 4,991 | 5,677 | 7,093 | 11,170 | 29,235 | 13,898 |
illegal migration across the state borders2) | 222 | 250 | 339 | 503 | 448 | 335 | 201 | 368 |
illegal stay | 5,039 | 4,488 | 4,653 | 5,174 | 6,645 | 10,835 | 29,034 | 13,530 |
| The number of foreigners with issued decision on administrative expulsion 3) | 3,539 | 5,119 | 5,713 | 7,067 | 6,385 | 4,987 | 6,449 | 5,240 |
| Administrative expulsions actually implemented 3) | 207 | 460 | 444 | 394 | 729 | 389 | 477 | 500 |
| The number of foreigners with expulsion (punishment of expulsion) inflicted by courts 3) | 1,278 | 1,613 | 1,722 | 1,746 | 1,234 | 1,288 | 1,185 | 1,047 |
| Punishments of expulsion actually implemented 3) | 261 | 292 | 298 | 281 | 207 | 271 | 189 | 176 |
Source: Ministry of Justice, General Directorate of the Prison Service, Directorate of the Foreign Police Service
1) i.e. accused foreigners, convicted foreigners and inmates
2) Since 2008 illegal migration across the external Schengen borders, i.e. air borders only
3) Numbers of foreigners who were registered in the Foreigners Information System in the given period.