National statistics

Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: June 2022

Overview of trends in the use of out of court disposals, defendants prosecuted, offenders convicted, remand and sentencing decisions in England and Wales. The outcomes by offence tool was updated on 22nd December 2022 to reflect an issue found at Home Office offence code level. Please refer to the tool for the latest figures on a principal offence basis. The known issues in the tables have been updated to reflect this.

From:
Ministry of Justice
Published
17 November 2022
Last updated
22 December 2022 — See all updates

Applies to England and Wales

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Criminal Justice Statistics quarterly: June 2022 (HTML)

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Criminal Justice Statistics quarterly: June 2022 (PDF)

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Technical Guide to Criminal Justice Statistics

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Offence Group Classification: June 2022

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User Guide to Criminal Justice Statistics

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Overview Tables: June 2022

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Outcomes by Offence data tool: June 2022

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Data behind interactive tools (csv)

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Pre-release access list: June 2022

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This report presents key statistics on activity in the criminal justice system for England and Wales. It provides information up to the year ending June 2022 with accompanying commentary, analysis and presentation of longer-term trends.

Statistician’s comment

The figures published today, for year ending June 2022, demonstrate the continued recovery of the Criminal Justice System (CJS) since the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Prosecutions and convictions have increased in the latest year, by 7% and 10%, respectively; however, they both remain lower than the year ending June 2019 (16% and 15%, respectively). The increase in the latest year is driven by summary offences (up 13% in the latest year), while prosecutions for indictable offences have decreased by 14%. Despite this, prosecutions for violence against the person and sexual offences have increased, by 21% and 17%, respectively, when compared to pre-COVID levels in the year ending June 2019.

The custody rate for indictable offences has risen to levels seen pre-pandemic at 33% in the latest year, after a fall in the year ending June 2021. The average custodial sentence length (ACSL) for indictable offences has continued to rise from 22.6 months in the year ending June 2021 to 25.7 months in the latest year. The largest increases are seen in sexual offences (from 54.3 months to 64.3 months in the latest year) and drug offences (from 39.0 months to 43.7 months in the latest year).

Published 17 November 2022
Last updated 22 December 2022 + show all updates

  1. The outcomes by offence tool was updated on 22nd December 2022 to reflect an issue found at Home Office offence code level. Please refer to the tool for the latest figures on a principal offence basis. The known issues in the tables have been updated to reflect this.

  2. First published.

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