Exploring the Importance of In-Person Radicalisation to Understand the UK Terrorism Threat

Exploring the Importance of In-Person Radicalisation to Understand the UK Terrorism Threat

Author: Becca Stewart ASyI, Threat Analyst  Read Time: 10 minutes  Since 2010, in-person radicalisation has been linked to the majority of significant terrorism-related incidents in the UK. At the same time, rates of online radicalisation have been increasing rapidly resulting in growing numbers of convictions for online terrorism offences. Following the December 2022 publication of a report by His Majesty’s Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS) exploring “the internet and radicalisation pathways” of convicted terrorists in the UK [1], this...