Statistics release cancelled
The release of these statistics has been postponed. In June, we notified users of the cancellation of the Criminal Court Statistics quarterly publication, highlighting work that was necessary to assure the quality of source data for the key series. That initial work highlighted some necessary changes to court processing systems to enable robust and accurate data to be produced. These fixes do not affect the operation of the courts and are purely an issue for the data reporting.
These are being implemented alongside work to align the MoJ Official Accredited statistics and HMCTS management information methodologies. This will benefit users by providing greater transparency and coherence in court data.
While the fixes being implemented will lead to some changes in headline measures of the Criminal Court Statistics, they are unlikely to have a material impact on trends of the key series, for example Crown Court receipts, disposals and outstanding caseloads. The work will affect the back series, and the largest impacts are likely to be seen since 2021.
We are working as fast as possible to deliver robust data series at the earliest opportunity and by the end of the year and will keep this page updated with our future plans.
