Ministry of Justice · offence group: Possession of weapons

Sentenced prison population: Possession of weapons

at 30 June 2026

2,449people

Sentenced prison population for Possession of weapons was 2,449 people at 30 June 2026, down 0.1% (3) on the period before.

  1. Ministry of Justice dataset
  2. Table_1_Q_5
  3. Sex=Male and female; Age group=All ages; Offence group=Possession of weapons
  4. column “30 June 2026
  5. 2449 per period
  6. published 30 July 2026

June 2025 to June 2026

Sentenced prison population by offence group: June 2025 to June 2026LabourLabour01k2k20252026June 2025: 2,465 people · published 30 July 2026September 2025: 2,386 people · published 30 July 2026December 2025: 2,354 people · published 30 July 2026March 2026: 2,452 people · published 30 July 2026June 2026: 2,449 people · published 30 July 2026

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What this measures

The prison population under an immediate custodial sentence in England and Wales at the end of each quarter, split by the offence group of the principal offence.

People on remand, or the total sentenced population as counted by custody type group in Table 1.Q.1, which also includes a small number of sentenced prisoners outside this table's definition.

Source

Dataset
Offender management statistics quarterly: prison population
Release
Prison population as at 30 June 2026, published 30 July 2026 · sha256 9f832c04e75831f8
All values
Sentenced prison population by offence group