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Ministry of Justice · June 2015 to June 2026 · people

Prison population at month end, 2015 onwards

Prison population at month end, 2015 onwards: June 2015 to June 2026ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour025k50k75k201620182020202220242026June 2015: 86,193 people · published 30 July 2026July 2015: 86,179 people · published 30 July 2026August 2015: 85,679 people · published 30 July 2026September 2015: 85,886 people · published 30 July 2026October 2015: 85,534 people · published 30 July 2026November 2015: 85,920 people · published 30 July 2026December 2015: 84,968 people · published 30 July 2026January 2016: 85,495 people · published 30 July 2026February 2016: 85,766 people · published 30 July 2026March 2016: 85,441 people · published 30 July 2026April 2016: 85,052 people · published 30 July 2026May 2016: 85,558 people · published 30 July 2026June 2016: 85,134 people · published 30 July 2026July 2016: 84,984 people · published 30 July 2026August 2016: 84,997 people · published 30 July 2026September 2016: 85,639 people · published 30 July 2026October 2016: 85,926 people · published 30 July 2026November 2016: 85,873 people · published 30 July 2026December 2016: 84,307 people · published 30 July 2026January 2017: 85,226 people · published 30 July 2026February 2017: 85,433 people · published 30 July 2026March 2017: 85,513 people · published 30 July 2026April 2017: 84,897 people · published 30 July 2026May 2017: 85,376 people · published 30 July 2026June 2017: 85,863 people · published 30 July 2026July 2017: 86,191 people · published 30 July 2026August 2017: 86,320 people · published 30 July 2026September 2017: 85,997 people · published 30 July 2026October 2017: 86,265 people · published 30 July 2026November 2017: 86,124 people · published 30 July 2026December 2017: 84,373 people · published 30 July 2026January 2018: 84,511 people · published 30 July 2026February 2018: 84,282 people · published 30 July 2026March 2018: 83,263 people · published 30 July 2026April 2018: 83,733 people · published 30 July 2026May 2018: 83,300 people · published 30 July 2026June 2018: 82,773 people · published 30 July 2026July 2018: 82,988 people · published 30 July 2026August 2018: 83,052 people · published 30 July 2026September 2018: 83,005 people · published 30 July 2026October 2018: 83,268 people · published 30 July 2026November 2018: 83,146 people · published 30 July 2026December 2018: 82,236 people · published 30 July 2026January 2019: 82,515 people · published 30 July 2026February 2019: 82,537 people · published 30 July 2026March 2019: 82,634 people · published 30 July 2026April 2019: 82,593 people · published 30 July 2026May 2019: 82,617 people · published 30 July 2026June 2019: 82,710 people · published 30 July 2026July 2019: 83,059 people · published 30 July 2026August 2019: 82,956 people · published 30 July 2026September 2019: 83,810 people · published 30 July 2026October 2019: 83,664 people · published 30 July 2026November 2019: 83,256 people · published 30 July 2026December 2019: 82,868 people · published 30 July 2026January 2020: 83,329 people · published 30 July 2026February 2020: 83,708 people · published 30 July 2026March 2020: 82,990 people · published 30 July 2026April 2020: 80,873 people · published 30 July 2026May 2020: 79,964 people · published 30 July 2026June 2020: 79,514 people · published 30 July 2026July 2020: 79,643 people · published 30 July 2026August 2020: 79,228 people · published 30 July 2026September 2020: 79,235 people · published 30 July 2026October 2020: 78,874 people · published 30 July 2026November 2020: 78,854 people · published 30 July 2026December 2020: 78,180 people · published 30 July 2026January 2021: 78,104 people · published 30 July 2026February 2021: 77,987 people · published 30 July 2026March 2021: 78,058 people · published 30 July 2026April 2021: 77,859 people · published 30 July 2026May 2021: 77,972 people · published 30 July 2026June 2021: 78,324 people · published 30 July 2026July 2021: 78,318 people · published 30 July 2026August 2021: 78,888 people · published 30 July 2026September 2021: 78,756 people · published 30 July 2026October 2021: 79,340 people · published 30 July 2026November 2021: 79,737 people · published 30 July 2026December 2021: 79,092 people · published 30 July 2026January 2022: 79,484 people · published 30 July 2026February 2022: 79,698 people · published 30 July 2026March 2022: 79,773 people · published 30 July 2026April 2022: 79,404 people · published 30 July 2026May 2022: 80,157 people · published 30 July 2026June 2022: 80,659 people · published 30 July 2026July 2022: 80,990 people · published 30 July 2026August 2022: 81,334 people · published 30 July 2026September 2022: 81,309 people · published 30 July 2026October 2022: 82,059 people · published 30 July 2026November 2022: 82,905 people · published 30 July 2026December 2022: 81,806 people · published 30 July 2026January 2023: 82,951 people · published 30 July 2026February 2023: 83,918 people · published 30 July 2026March 2023: 84,372 people · published 30 July 2026April 2023: 84,517 people · published 30 July 2026May 2023: 85,521 people · published 30 July 2026June 2023: 85,851 people · published 30 July 2026July 2023: 86,594 people · published 30 July 2026August 2023: 87,092 people · published 30 July 2026September 2023: 87,576 people · published 30 July 2026October 2023: 87,803 people · published 30 July 2026November 2023: 87,935 people · published 30 July 2026December 2023: 87,489 people · published 30 July 2026January 2024: 87,988 people · published 30 July 2026February 2024: 88,336 people · published 30 July 2026March 2024: 87,869 people · published 30 July 2026April 2024: 87,864 people · published 30 July 2026May 2024: 87,177 people · published 30 July 2026June 2024: 87,726 people · published 30 July 2026July 2024: 87,739 people · published 30 July 2026August 2024: 88,439 people · published 30 July 2026September 2024: 86,966 people · published 30 July 2026October 2024: 85,801 people · published 30 July 2026November 2024: 85,789 people · published 30 July 2026December 2024: 85,372 people · published 30 July 2026January 2025: 86,358 people · published 30 July 2026February 2025: 86,961 people · published 30 July 2026March 2025: 87,919 people · published 30 July 2026April 2025: 88,142 people · published 30 July 2026May 2025: 87,603 people · published 30 July 2026June 2025: 87,334 people · published 30 July 2026July 2025: 88,040 people · published 30 July 2026August 2025: 88,423 people · published 30 July 2026September 2025: 87,465 people · published 30 July 2026October 2025: 86,430 people · published 30 July 2026November 2025: 87,064 people · published 30 July 2026December 2025: 85,613 people · published 30 July 2026January 2026: 86,913 people · published 30 July 2026February 2026: 87,031 people · published 30 July 2026March 2026: 87,342 people · published 30 July 2026April 2026: 85,711 people · published 30 July 2026May 2026: 85,921 people · published 30 July 2026June 2026: 85,858 people · published 30 July 2026
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Source: Ministry of Justice, Offender management statistics quarterly: annual prison population tables, Annual prison population: 2026 (data to 30 June 2026) (published 30 July 2026). Data presentation: Civometry.

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