6 metrics

Justice

Official statistics on the criminal justice system: courts, charge rates, sentencing, prisons, probation and policing.

• Average sentence length of prisoners released from determinate sentences2024 · up 18.9% on a year earlier30months
• Prison populationWeek beginning 24 August 2026 · up 0.1% on a year earlier86,843people
• Prison useable operational capacityWeek beginning 24 August 2026 · up 0.0% on a year earlier88,937places
• Crown Court open cases2026 Q1 · up 4.9% on a year earlier80,061cases
• Charge rateYear ending March 2026 · up 1.2 points on a year earlier8.5%
• Homicides (Homicide Index)Year ending March 2025 · down 7.8% on a year earlier522offences