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Crown Court receipts under each government

The full published series with each government’s time in office shaded. The table gives the level each government inherited and the last complete period before it left. Changes describe the period, not a cause. Definitions and caveats are on the metric page.

Crown Court receipts: 2016 Q1 to 2026 Q1ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour010k20k30k2016201820202022202420262016 Q1: 28,681 cases · published 25 June 20262016 Q2: 27,764 cases · published 25 June 20262016 Q3: 28,343 cases · published 25 June 20262016 Q4: 27,222 cases · published 25 June 20262017 Q1: 28,665 cases · published 25 June 20262017 Q2: 27,758 cases · published 25 June 20262017 Q3: 27,098 cases · published 25 June 20262017 Q4: 25,839 cases · published 25 June 20262018 Q1: 24,855 cases · published 25 June 20262018 Q2: 24,350 cases · published 25 June 20262018 Q3: 24,902 cases · published 25 June 20262018 Q4: 23,985 cases · published 25 June 20262019 Q1: 25,292 cases · published 25 June 20262019 Q2: 25,357 cases · published 25 June 20262019 Q3: 26,080 cases · published 25 June 20262019 Q4: 25,680 cases · published 25 June 20262020 Q1: 25,538 cases · published 25 June 20262020 Q2: 14,001 cases · published 25 June 20262020 Q3: 28,231 cases · published 25 June 20262020 Q4: 27,678 cases · published 25 June 20262021 Q1: 25,886 cases · published 25 June 20262021 Q2: 24,719 cases · published 25 June 20262021 Q3: 22,934 cases · published 25 June 20262021 Q4: 21,971 cases · published 25 June 20262022 Q1: 24,049 cases · published 25 June 20262022 Q2: 23,617 cases · published 25 June 20262022 Q3: 23,536 cases · published 25 June 20262022 Q4: 23,528 cases · published 25 June 20262023 Q1: 24,808 cases · published 25 June 20262023 Q2: 26,894 cases · published 25 June 20262023 Q3: 28,342 cases · published 25 June 20262023 Q4: 27,324 cases · published 25 June 20262024 Q1: 29,992 cases · published 25 June 20262024 Q2: 30,361 cases · published 25 June 20262024 Q3: 31,746 cases · published 25 June 20262024 Q4: 29,529 cases · published 25 June 20262025 Q1: 30,174 cases · published 25 June 20262025 Q2: 30,492 cases · published 25 June 20262025 Q3: 30,394 cases · published 25 June 20262025 Q4: 29,569 cases · published 25 June 20262026 Q1: 29,426 cases · published 25 June 2026
Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
GovernmentInheritedLeft at / latestChange during government
Labour 2024–5 July 2024 – present30,3612024 Q229,4262026 Q1↓ 3.1%−935
Conservative 2019–202413 December 2019 – 5 July 202426,0802019 Q330,3612024 Q2↑ 16.4%+4,281
Conservative 2017–20199 June 2017 – 13 December 201928,6652017 Q126,0802019 Q3↓ 9.0%−2,585
Conservative 2015–20178 May 2015 – 9 June 2017No complete period was published before this government took office.
Coalition 2010–201511 May 2010 – 8 May 2015No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 2005–20106 May 2005 – 11 May 2010No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 2001–20058 June 2001 – 5 May 2005No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 1997–20012 May 1997 – 7 June 2001No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1992–199710 April 1992 – 2 May 1997No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1987–199212 June 1987 – 9 April 1992No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1983–198710 June 1983 – 11 June 1987No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1979–19834 May 1979 – 9 June 1983No complete period was published before this government took office.