Best for Britain, a group which campaigns for a second referendum, examined more than 20 Freedom of Information request responses from police forces across the UK and found a huge number of crimes committed in the name of Brexit.
In total, 500 crimes were committed from 2016 to 2018 with the words 'Brexit', 'EU' or 'referendum' contained in the corresponding police report. This includes a massive 253 cases reported by the Metropolitan Police alone between April and July 2016.
The British Transport Police logged 43 crimes involving Brexit, Hertfordshire Police were involved in 30 incidents and Police Scotland logged 75 incidents.
Some of the more severe crimes to have been committed include two rape incidents, affray, drug trafficking and a number of arsons.
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