Ministry of Justice · offence group: Public order offences

Sentenced prison population: Public order offences

at 30 June 2026

2,847people

Sentenced prison population for Public order offences was 2,847 people at 30 June 2026, up 2.3% (65) on the period before.

  1. Ministry of Justice dataset
  2. Table_1_Q_5
  3. Sex=Male and female; Age group=All ages; Offence group=Public order offences
  4. column “30 June 2026
  5. 2847 per period
  6. published 30 July 2026

June 2025 to June 2026

Sentenced prison population by offence group: June 2025 to June 2026LabourLabour01k2k20252026June 2025: 2,460 people · published 30 July 2026September 2025: 2,502 people · published 30 July 2026December 2025: 2,494 people · published 30 July 2026March 2026: 2,782 people · published 30 July 2026June 2026: 2,847 people · published 30 July 2026

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What this measures

The prison population under an immediate custodial sentence in England and Wales at the end of each quarter, split by the offence group of the principal offence.

People on remand, or the total sentenced population as counted by custody type group in Table 1.Q.1, which also includes a small number of sentenced prisoners outside this table's definition.

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 offence group