Civometry

Ministry of Justice · ethnicity: Black or Black British

Sentenced prison population: Black or Black British

at 30 June 2026

8,101people

Sentenced prison population for Black or Black British was 8,101 people at 30 June 2026, down 1.4% (116) on the period before.

  1. Ministry of Justice dataset
  2. Table_1_Q_7
  3. Sex=Male and female; Custody type group=Sentenced; Ethnicity=Black or Black British
  4. column “30 June 2026”
  5. 8101 per period
  6. published 30 July 2026

June 2025 to June 2026

Sentenced prison population by ethnicity: June 2025 to June 2026LabourLabour03k5k8k20252026June 2025: 8,086 people · published 30 July 2026September 2025: 8,159 people · published 30 July 2026December 2025: 8,174 people · published 30 July 2026March 2026: 8,217 people · published 30 July 2026June 2026: 8,101 people · published 30 July 2026
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What this measures

The sentenced prison population of England and Wales at the end of each quarter, split by ethnicity as recorded on the prison system.

The remand or non-criminal population, which the quarterly tables split by ethnicity separately; ethnicity is as recorded and a small share is not stated or not recorded.

Source

Dataset
Offender management statistics quarterly: prison population
Release
Prison population as at 30 June 2026, published 30 July 2026 · sha256 9f832c04e75831f8…
All values
Sentenced prison population by ethnicity