The extremes of prosecutions 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”.
The latest figure, 1,360,615 in Year ending March 2026, is the highest since Year ending March 2017, when it was 1,442,793 — every period between was lower. The rule: a period counts as beaten only when its figure is strictly below the latest, and the claim is only made when it reaches back at least five years.
Highest published
1,493,801Year ending March 2016
Lowest published
877,831Year ending March 2021
The full series
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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.