DNA database campaign

The UK has the largest database of citizens’ DNA in the world. Around 3.4 million people have their DNA information stored on police databases – at least five times higher as a proportion of our population than any other country.

And while DNA is a vital tool in crime-fighting, there are tens of thousands of people on the police database who have never even been charged with an offence - let alone convicted.

The police have the power to take and store DNA from everyone they arrest, even if that person is released without any charge. Once your DNA is on the database, it can’t be taken off, even if you’re proved to be innocent in court.

There are now over a million people on the National DNA database who do not have a police record of a caution. Nearly 25,000 of them are children who have never been charged with an offence.

We believe that innocent people’s DNA should not be held indefinitely on the police database.


Sign our petition!

We, the undersigned, believe that while DNA is a vital tool in the fight against crime, there is no legitimate reason for the police to retain for life the DNA records of innocent people. We call on the Home Secretary to amend the law so that the DNA records of people who are innocent are no longer kept indefinitely.
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