Civometry

Ministry of Justice · sex: Female

Prison population: Female

at 30 June 2026

3,350people

Prison population for Female was 3,350 people at 30 June 2026, down 1.2% (40) on the period before.

  1. Ministry of Justice dataset
  2. Table_1_Q_1
  3. Sex=Female; Age group=All ages; Custody type group=All custody types
  4. column “30 June 2026”
  5. 3350 per period
  6. published 30 July 2026

June 2025 to June 2026

Prison population by sex: June 2025 to June 2026LabourLabour01k2k3k20252026June 2025: 3,566 people · published 30 July 2026July 2025: 3,585 people · published 30 July 2026August 2025: 3,588 people · published 30 July 2026September 2025: 3,527 people · published 30 July 2026October 2025: 3,375 people · published 30 July 2026November 2025: 3,486 people · published 30 July 2026December 2025: 3,331 people · published 30 July 2026January 2026: 3,469 people · published 30 July 2026February 2026: 3,451 people · published 30 July 2026March 2026: 3,461 people · published 30 July 2026April 2026: 3,298 people · published 30 July 2026May 2026: 3,390 people · published 30 July 2026June 2026: 3,350 people · published 30 July 2026
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What this measures

The prison population of England and Wales at the end of each month, split by sex, from the Ministry of Justice's quarterly official statistics.

People in immigration removal centres or secure children's homes, or the weekly management figure published on Mondays; this is the official statistics count as at the last day of the month.

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 sex