Civometry

Ministry of Justice · custody type: 2 years to less than 4 years

Prison population: 2 years to less than 4 years

at 30 June 2026

9,934people

Prison population for 2 years to less than 4 years was 9,934 people at 30 June 2026, up 0.2% (15) on the period before.

  1. Ministry of Justice dataset
  2. Table_1_Q_2
  3. Sex=Male and female; Age group=All ages; Custody type=2 years to less than 4 years
  4. column “30 June 2026”
  5. 9934 per period
  6. published 30 July 2026

June 2025 to June 2026

Prison population by custody type and sentence length: June 2025 to June 2026LabourLabour03k5k8k20252026June 2025: 9,034 people · published 30 July 2026July 2025: 9,085 people · published 30 July 2026August 2025: 9,117 people · published 30 July 2026September 2025: 9,172 people · published 30 July 2026October 2025: 9,150 people · published 30 July 2026November 2025: 9,411 people · published 30 July 2026December 2025: 9,397 people · published 30 July 2026January 2026: 9,565 people · published 30 July 2026February 2026: 9,757 people · published 30 July 2026March 2026: 9,944 people · published 30 July 2026April 2026: 9,915 people · published 30 July 2026May 2026: 9,919 people · published 30 July 2026June 2026: 9,934 people · published 30 July 2026
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What this measures

The prison population of England and Wales at the end of each month, split by custody type as the Ministry of Justice publishes it, that is remand status (untried, convicted unsentenced), determinate sentence length band, extended, IPP and life sentences, recalls, fine defaulters and non-criminal prisoners.

Time served or time left to serve; sentence length is the length imposed by the court.

Source

Dataset
Offender management statistics quarterly: prison population
Release
Prison population as at 30 June 2026, published 30 July 2026 · sha256 9f832c04e75831f8…
All values
Prison population by custody type