Criminality of foreigners
In 2024, a total of 2,877 foreigners were prosecuted in the territory of the Czech Republic, approximately one hundred more than in the previous year. The number of convicted foreigners reached 6,334, similar to the previous year. A total of 9,461 foreigners were detected in connection with illegal migration in the Czech Republic in 2024, 4,437 fewer than in 2023. Of the total number of detected foreigners, 9,159 (or 96.8%) were apprehended for illegal stay in the territory of Czechia, and 302 persons for illegally crossing the external Schengen border at international airports in the Czech Republic.
Number of accused foreigners
Publication date: 21. 10. 2025
Year 2024
2,494
Number of convicted foreigners
Publication date: 21. 10. 2025
Year 2024
6,334
Number of foreigners illegally crossing the external Schengen border (CZ airport)
Publication date: 21. 10. 2025
Year 2024
302
The number of detected illegally staying foreigners in the Czech Republic
Publication date: 21. 10. 2025
Year 2024
9,159
Data and time series
Criminality and illegal migration of foreigners
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prosecuted foreigners | 2,775 | 2,709 | 2,839 | 2,458 | 2,420 | 2,427 | 2,774 | 2,877 |
| Accused foreigners | 2,508 | 2,368 | 2,530 | 2,191 | 2,068 | 2,114 | 2,460 | 2,494 |
| Convicted foreigners | 5,067 | 5,312 | 5,836 | 4,715 | 4,994 | 5,485 | 6,391 | 6,334 |
| Foreigners in custodial establishments and prisons, total1) | 1,814 | 1,768 | 1,794 | 1,534 | 1,396 | 1,459 | 1,651 | 1,597 |
accused foreigners | 522 | 540 | 491 | 344 | 349 | 374 | 483 | 420 |
convicted foreigners | 1,289 | 1,225 | 1,300 | 1,187 | 1,043 | 1,080 | 1,164 | 1,173 |
| Illegal migration of foreigners, total | 4,738 | 4,991 | 5,677 | 7,093 | 11,170 | 29,235 | 13,898 | 9,461 |
illegal migration across the state borders2) | 250 | 338 | 503 | 448 | 335 | 201 | 368 | 302 |
illegal stay | 4,488 | 4,653 | 5,174 | 6,645 | 10,835 | 29,034 | 13,530 | 9,159 |
| The number of foreigners with issued decision on administrative expulsion 3) | 5,119 | 5,713 | 7,067 | 6,385 | 4,987 | 6,449 | 5,240 | 4,325 |
| Administrative expulsions actually implemented 3) | 460 | 444 | 394 | 729 | 389 | 477 | 500 | 496 |
| The number of foreigners with expulsion (punishment of expulsion) inflicted by courts 3) | 1,613 | 1,722 | 1,746 | 1,234 | 1,288 | 1,185 | 1,047 | 1,038 |
| Punishments of expulsion actually implemented 3) | 292 | 298 | 281 | 207 | 271 | 189 | 176 | 167 |
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; data as at 31. 12.
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.