Ministry of Justice · self-identified ethnicity: Not stated/ Unrecorded

Average sentence length of prisoners released from determinate sentences: Not stated/ Unrecorded

2024

18.8months

Average sentence length of prisoners released from determinate sentences for Not stated/ Unrecorded totalled 18.8 months in the period to 2024, up 17.5% (2.8) on the period before.

  1. Ministry of Justice dataset
  2. 6_02
  3. Self-identified ethnicity=Not stated/ Unrecorded; Measure=Average sentence length (months)
  4. column “2024
  5. 18.8353 per period
  6. published 17 August 2026

2020 to 2024

Average sentence length of prisoners released from determinate sentences by ethnicity: 2020 to 2024ConservativeConservativeLabourLabour051015202020212022202320242020: 17.8 months · published 17 August 20262021: 18.8 months · published 17 August 20262022: 17.8 months · published 17 August 20262023: 16 months · published 17 August 20262024: 18.8 months · published 17 August 2026

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What this measures

The mean sentence length, in months, of prisoners released from a determinate sentence in England and Wales in the calendar year, by the ethnicity recorded on entry to prison, with "Not stated/ Unrecorded" as its own category.

The offence mix, previous convictions or pleas behind the sentences, sentences passed in the year, or time served.

Source

Dataset
Ethnicity and the criminal justice system: offender management tables
Release
2026-08-17, published 17 August 2026 · sha256 79e2b4fbb044745b
All values
Average sentence length of prisoners released from determinate sentences by self-identified ethnicity