Ministry of Justice · 13 periods · people

Prison population by sex: full history

PeriodValueStatusPublished inSource cell
June 2026
2026-06-012026-06-30
85,858FinalPrison population as at 30 June 2026
30 July 2026
Table 1.Q.1 · “Sex=Male and female; Age group=All ages; Custody type group=All custody types” × “30 June 2026” = 85858
May 2026
2026-05-012026-05-31
85,921FinalPrison population as at 30 June 2026
30 July 2026
Table 1.Q.1 · “Sex=Male and female; Age group=All ages; Custody type group=All custody types” × “31 May 2026” = 85921
April 2026
2026-04-012026-04-30
85,711FinalPrison population as at 30 June 2026
30 July 2026
Table 1.Q.1 · “Sex=Male and female; Age group=All ages; Custody type group=All custody types” × “30 Apr 2026” = 85711
March 2026
2026-03-012026-03-31
87,342FinalPrison population as at 30 June 2026
30 July 2026
Table 1.Q.1 · “Sex=Male and female; Age group=All ages; Custody type group=All custody types” × “31 Mar 2026” = 87342
February 2026
2026-02-012026-02-28
87,031FinalPrison population as at 30 June 2026
30 July 2026
Table 1.Q.1 · “Sex=Male and female; Age group=All ages; Custody type group=All custody types” × “28 Feb 2026” = 87031
January 2026
2026-01-012026-01-31
86,913FinalPrison population as at 30 June 2026
30 July 2026
Table 1.Q.1 · “Sex=Male and female; Age group=All ages; Custody type group=All custody types” × “31 Jan 2026” = 86913
December 2025
2025-12-012025-12-31
85,613FinalPrison population as at 30 June 2026
30 July 2026
Table 1.Q.1 · “Sex=Male and female; Age group=All ages; Custody type group=All custody types” × “31 Dec 2025” = 85613
November 2025
2025-11-012025-11-30
87,064FinalPrison population as at 30 June 2026
30 July 2026
Table 1.Q.1 · “Sex=Male and female; Age group=All ages; Custody type group=All custody types” × “30 Nov 2025” = 87064
October 2025
2025-10-012025-10-31
86,430FinalPrison population as at 30 June 2026
30 July 2026
Table 1.Q.1 · “Sex=Male and female; Age group=All ages; Custody type group=All custody types” × “31 Oct 2025” = 86430
September 2025
2025-09-012025-09-30
87,465FinalPrison population as at 30 June 2026
30 July 2026
Table 1.Q.1 · “Sex=Male and female; Age group=All ages; Custody type group=All custody types” × “30 Sept 2025” = 87465
August 2025
2025-08-012025-08-31
88,423FinalPrison population as at 30 June 2026
30 July 2026
Table 1.Q.1 · “Sex=Male and female; Age group=All ages; Custody type group=All custody types” × “31 Aug 2025” = 88423
July 2025
2025-07-012025-07-31
88,040FinalPrison population as at 30 June 2026
30 July 2026
Table 1.Q.1 · “Sex=Male and female; Age group=All ages; Custody type group=All custody types” × “31 July 2025” = 88040
June 2025
2025-06-012025-06-30
87,334FinalPrison population as at 30 June 2026
30 July 2026
Table 1.Q.1 · “Sex=Male and female; Age group=All ages; Custody type group=All custody types” × “30 June 2025” = 87334