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

Prosecutions

Prosecutions: Year ending March 2016 to Year ending March 2026ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0500k1m201620182020202220242026Before: Figures as originally processed. After: Figures reprocessed ahead of the 2023 Q2 edition.methodology changeYear ending March 2016: 1,493,801 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 1,442,793 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 1,353,888 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 1,345,708 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 1,318,738 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 877,831 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 1,115,215 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 1,188,455 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 1,271,059 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 1,344,552 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 1,360,615 defendants · published 30 July 2026
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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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