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But in parts of England and Wales with high immigration levels, the proportion rises to 50 per cent or more.

However, in areas largely unaffected by immigration, such as Cumbria and North Wales, no one charged with rape or murder was born overseas.

Brexit campaigners said disturbing police data proved Britain had lost control of its borders and was another reason to quit the EU.

Tory MP Stewart Jackson said: “These are shocking and scandalous figures and demonstrate the consequences for real people of open borders and unlimited immigration from the European Union.”