Ministry of Justice · offence group: Robbery
Average custodial sentence length (indictable offences): Robbery
4 periods to Year ending March 2026
182 months
Average custodial sentence length (indictable offences) for Robbery totalled 182 months in the 4 periods to Year ending March 2026, down 6.7% (13) on the 4 periods before.
- Ministry of Justice dataset
- Q5_2c
- Offence type=Indictable; Offence group=Robbery
- column “2026”
- 43.7 per period
- published 30 July 2026
Year ending March 2016 to Year ending March 2026
The chart as a table
| Period | Average custodial sentence length by offence group |
|---|---|
| Year ending March 2016 | 43 months |
| Year ending March 2017 | 47 months |
| Year ending March 2018 | 48 months |
| Year ending March 2019 | 50 months |
| Year ending March 2020 | 52 months |
| Year ending March 2021 | 44 months |
| Year ending March 2022 | 49 months |
| Year ending March 2023 | 47 months |
| Year ending March 2024 | 46 months |
| Year ending March 2025 | 45 months |
| Year ending March 2026 | 44 months |
What this measures
The average (mean) length in months of immediate custodial sentences for indictable offences in England and Wales in the twelve months ending March, split by offence group.
Summary offences, indeterminate sentences, or time served; an average of averages is not meaningful, so the groups are not summed.
Source
- Dataset
- Criminal justice statistics quarterly: overview tables
- Release
- Year ending March 2026, published 30 July 2026 · sha256 60c19d2d5ff2446d…
- All values
- Average custodial sentence length (indictable offences) by offence group