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Ministry of Justice · offence group: Summary motoring

Prosecutions: Summary motoring

4 periods to Year ending March 2026

3,010,269defendants

Prosecutions for Summary motoring totalled 3,010,269 defendants in the 4 periods to Year ending March 2026, up 20.7% (516,615) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Ministry of Justice dataset
  2. Q3_2
  3. Offence group=Summary motoring
  4. column “2026”
  5. 809347 per period
  6. published 30 July 2026

Year ending March 2016 to Year ending March 2026

Prosecutions by offence group: Year ending March 2016 to Year ending March 2026ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0250k500k750k201620182020202220242026Year ending March 2016: 654,104 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 668,251 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 660,161 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 685,807 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 694,016 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 471,294 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 642,537 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 693,324 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 742,577 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 765,021 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 809,347 defendants · published 30 July 2026
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What this measures

Defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts in England and Wales in the twelve months ending March, split by the offence group of the principal offence.

The indictable and summary subtotals the table also prints, which are left out so the groups sum to the total.

Source

Dataset
Criminal justice statistics quarterly: overview tables
Release
Year ending March 2026, published 30 July 2026 · sha256 60c19d2d5ff2446d…
All values
Prosecutions by offence group