Diversity of the judiciary: 2025 statistics
Annual official statistics on judicial diversity in England and Wales covering the current judiciary, judicial appointments and legal professions.
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This bulletin presents the latest statistics on judicial diversity for England and Wales, covering:
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court and tribunal judges, non-legal members of tribunals, judges sitting in retirement, and magistrates in post as at 1 April 2025
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judicial selection exercises completed during the financial year ending 31 March 2025, with additional data on judicial selection exercises completed between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2025
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magistrates recruitment in 2023-24 and 2024-25
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legal professions as at 1 April 2025
These statistics provide the main source for monitoring patterns and trends in judicial diversity, and bring together in one place diversity statistics for those in post, during selection and for the legal professions which are the source of much of the judiciary.
The supporting user guide and quality statement provide background information on the judiciary, definitions, methodology used, the quality of the statistics and other useful sources of related information.
Statistics for years prior to 2020 were published in the Judicial Office judicial diversity statistics and by the Judicial Appointments Commission.
Updates to this page
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Some changes have been made in Section 14 on Magistrates Recruitment and Tables 3.8 and 3.9 - following errors identified relating to Ethnicity and Current Occupation.
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Added a document to account for the dashboard accompanying the 2025 publication.
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First published.