{"metric":"custody_rate","title":"Custody rate","topic":"crime","unit":"percent","measure_type":"percentage","geography":"K04000001","comparison_method":"year_on_year","latest":{"period_start":"2025-04-01","period_end":"2026-03-31","period_label":"Year ending March 2026","value":7.5,"status":"final","vintage":"2026-07-30"},"comparison":{"period_label":"Year ending March 2025","value":6.9,"vintage":"2026-07-30"},"source":{"publisher":"Ministry of Justice","publication":"Criminal justice statistics quarterly: overview tables","landing_url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-justice-statistics","sheet":"Q5_2b","table":"Table Q5.2b","row":"Offence type=All offence types; Offence group=All offence types total","column":"2026","raw_value":"0.075","file_url":"https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a689d0654d4ae70b6d5c298/overview-tables-March-2026.ods","file_sha256":"60c19d2d5ff2446d61a6196c6b6c8e3aa4dd211e6c455b13c5c68445892b591a","release_date":"2026-07-30","release_label":"Year ending March 2026"},"definition":"The percentage of offenders sentenced at criminal courts in England and Wales in the twelve months ending March who received an immediate custodial sentence, across all offence types.","does_not_measure":"The custody rate for any one offence type (the all-offence rate is dominated by summary motoring offences, which rarely lead to custody), or sentence length.","links":{"page":"/crime/custody-rate","series":"/api/metrics/custody_rate/series","vintages":"/api/metrics/custody_rate/vintages"}}