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Ministry of Justice · nationality group: British nationals

Prison population: British nationals

at 30 June 2026

75,494people

Prison population for British nationals was 75,494 people at 30 June 2026, down 1.4% (1,095) on the period before.

  1. Ministry of Justice dataset
  2. Table_1_Q_9
  3. Nationality group=British nationals; Custody type group=All custody types
  4. column “30 June 2026”
  5. 75494 per period
  6. published 30 July 2026

June 2025 to June 2026

Prison population by nationality group: June 2025 to June 2026LabourLabour020k40k60k20252026June 2025: 76,181 people · published 30 July 2026September 2025: 76,334 people · published 30 July 2026December 2025: 74,974 people · published 30 July 2026March 2026: 76,589 people · published 30 July 2026June 2026: 75,494 people · published 30 July 2026
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What this measures

The prison population of England and Wales at the end of each quarter, split into British nationals, foreign nationals and those whose nationality is not recorded.

Immigration status, or people held solely under immigration powers in immigration removal centres.

Source

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