Research and analysis

Criminal justice system analysis of UK armed forces veterans

Analysis of responses to the Veterans’ Survey 2022 relating to criminal offence convictions and prison sentences.

• From: Office for Veterans' Affairs, Ministry of Defence and Office for National Statistics
• Published: 10 June 2025

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UK armed forces veterans who had ever been convicted of criminal offences, and had served or were serving prison sentences: Veterans’ Survey 2022, UK

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This report provides coverage analysis of criminal offence convictions and prison sentences from the Veterans’ Survey 2022, with focus on:

• veterans who had ever been convicted of a criminal offence and when they had ever been convicted
• veterans who had ever served a prison sentence
• veterans who were serving prison sentences at the time of the survey

Published 10 June 2025