Ministry of Justice · offence group: Violence against the person

Sentenced prison population: Violence against the person

at 30 June 2026

24,012people

Sentenced prison population for Violence against the person was 24,012 people at 30 June 2026, down 0.3% (78) 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=Violence against the person
  4. column “30 June 2026
  5. 24012 per period
  6. published 30 July 2026

June 2025 to June 2026

Sentenced prison population by offence group: June 2025 to June 2026LabourLabour010k20k20252026June 2025: 23,933 people · published 30 July 2026September 2025: 23,821 people · published 30 July 2026December 2025: 23,544 people · published 30 July 2026March 2026: 24,090 people · published 30 July 2026June 2026: 24,012 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