Ministry of Justice · Offender management statistics quarterly: prison population · 2 values

Prison population by sex

The prison population of England and Wales at the end of each month, split by sex, from the Ministry of Justice's quarterly official statistics.

at June 2026 · total 85,858 people · published 30 July 2026

Sex	Latest	Share	A year earlier	Change
Male	82,508	96.1%	83,768	▼ 1.5%
Female	3,350	3.9%	3,566	▼ 6.1%

Source

Dataset: Offender management statistics quarterly: prison population · sheet Table_1_Q_1
Rows: Sex=Male and female; Age group=All ages; Custody type group=All custody types; values are the sum of the published rows for each sex and period.
Caveat: People in immigration removal centres or secure children's homes, or the weekly management figure published on Mondays; this is the official statistics count as at the last day of the month.
Parent metric: Prison population
API: /api/metrics/prison_population_by_sex/vintages