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Ministry of Justice · Year ending March 2016 to Year ending March 2026 · offenders

Immediate custodial sentences

Immediate custodial sentences: Year ending March 2016 to Year ending March 2026ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour025k50k75k201620182020202220242026Before: Figures as originally processed. After: Figures reprocessed ahead of the 2023 Q2 edition.methodology changeYear ending March 2016: 90,500 offenders · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 90,181 offenders · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 89,220 offenders · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 81,768 offenders · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 75,124 offenders · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 58,855 offenders · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 65,104 offenders · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 66,163 offenders · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 73,970 offenders · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 82,749 offenders · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 89,164 offenders · published 30 July 2026
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PeriodImmediate custodial sentences
Year ending March 201690,500 offenders
Year ending March 201790,181 offenders
Year ending March 201889,220 offenders
Year ending March 201981,768 offenders
Year ending March 202075,124 offenders
Year ending March 202158,855 offenders
Year ending March 202265,104 offenders
Year ending March 202366,163 offenders
Year ending March 202473,970 offenders
Year ending March 202582,749 offenders
Year ending March 202689,164 offenders

Source: Ministry of Justice, Criminal justice statistics quarterly: overview tables, Year ending March 2026 (published 30 July 2026). Data presentation: Civometry.

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