Civometry

Convictions: record highs and lows

The extremes of convictions as published by Ministry of Justice, across the 11 periods held here (Year ending March 2016 to Year ending March 2026). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.

Highest published

1,253,476Year ending March 2016

Lowest published

768,736Year ending March 2021

The full series

Convictions: Year ending March 2016 to Year ending March 2026ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0500k1m201620182020202220242026Before: Figures as originally processed. After: Figures reprocessed ahead of the 2023 Q2 edition.methodology changeYear ending March 2016: 1,253,476 offenders · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 1,243,418 offenders · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 1,203,044 offenders · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 1,197,769 offenders · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 1,164,836 offenders · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 768,736 offenders · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 1,000,783 offenders · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 1,061,982 offenders · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 1,135,511 offenders · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 1,196,644 offenders · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 1,195,840 offenders · published 30 July 2026
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What a record here is, and is not

A record is the extreme of the periods this site holds for the current series, at each period’s newest published release. Earlier series measured under different methods are not compared against it. Money is in cash terms: a record set years ago stands against the money of its own year.