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Ministry of Justice · offence group: Public order offences

Prosecutions: Public order offences

4 periods to Year ending March 2026

78,189defendants

Prosecutions for Public order offences totalled 78,189 defendants in the 4 periods to Year ending March 2026, up 20.5% (13,302) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Ministry of Justice dataset
  2. Q3_2
  3. Offence group=Public order offences
  4. column “2026”
  5. 23690 per period
  6. published 30 July 2026

Year ending March 2016 to Year ending March 2026

Prosecutions by offence group: Year ending March 2016 to Year ending March 2026ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour010k20k201620182020202220242026Year ending March 2016: 17,258 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 17,744 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 17,614 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 17,183 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 16,657 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 15,149 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 15,898 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 16,338 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 17,461 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 20,700 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 23,690 defendants · published 30 July 2026
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What this measures

Defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts in England and Wales in the twelve months ending March, split by the offence group of the principal offence.

The indictable and summary subtotals the table also prints, which are left out so the groups sum to the total.

Source

Dataset
Criminal justice statistics quarterly: overview tables
Release
Year ending March 2026, published 30 July 2026 · sha256 60c19d2d5ff2446d…
All values
Prosecutions by offence group