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Ministry of Justice · offence group: Violence against the person

Prosecutions: Violence against the person

4 periods to Year ending March 2026

230,416defendants

Prosecutions for Violence against the person totalled 230,416 defendants in the 4 periods to Year ending March 2026, up 30.8% (54,302) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Ministry of Justice dataset
  2. Q3_2
  3. Offence group=Violence against the person
  4. column “2026”
  5. 60128 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 2026ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour020k40k60k201620182020202220242026Year ending March 2016: 39,032 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 39,023 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 36,491 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 37,612 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 45,552 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 45,815 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 47,135 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 49,772 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 57,385 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 63,131 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 60,128 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