Defendants prosecuted, convicted and sentenced, England and Wales
Defendants proceeded against in the magistrates' courts, and offenders convicted and sentenced in all criminal courts, in England and Wales in each year ending June since 2016, from the Ministry of Justice's criminal justice statistics.
Offenders convicted
1,197,659
Year ending Jun 2026 · 1,356,559 defendants proceeded against
Verified against source, 9 November 2026, 15:04 UTC- Defendants proceeded against
- Offenders convicted
- Offenders sentenced
Source: Ministry of Justice. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
11 periods, newest first
| Period | Defendants proceeded against | Offenders convicted | Offenders sentenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year ending Jun 2026 | 1,356,559 | 1,197,659 | 1,198,167 |
| Year ending Jun 2025 | 1,355,502 | 1,200,130 | 1,200,604 |
| Year ending Jun 2024 | 1,287,773 | 1,151,332 | 1,150,214 |
| Year ending Jun 2023 | 1,214,420 | 1,083,451 | 1,083,567 |
| Year ending Jun 2022 | 1,114,352 | 1,000,820 | 1,003,210 |
| Year ending Jun 2021 | 1,035,135 | 909,704 | 909,935 |
| Year ending Jun 2020 | 1,104,826 | 978,146 | 979,108 |
| Year ending Jun 2019 | 1,339,418 | 1,189,032 | 1,190,575 |
| Year ending Jun 2018 | 1,354,828 | 1,204,309 | 1,205,957 |
| Year ending Jun 2017 | 1,414,576 | 1,231,439 | 1,231,214 |
| Year ending Jun 2016 | 1,498,018 | 1,261,704 | 1,259,399 |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Ministry of Justice
- Check it yourself
- https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-justice-statistics
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 9 November 2026, 14:51 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://www.gov.uk/api/content/government/statistics/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly-june-2026SHA-256 43abca15629a0f84ef7ffd97a5ce04e1fbf23b1c312341d2751e285730791764 · 31,295 bytes
- https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6aedfee9a9bae1ad0d15b9b1/overview-tables-June-2026.odsSHA-256 d7663969f11b27500e8fad6eaa91480abca36f9109562aea3cbde62ca99fa126 · 60,599 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 9 November 2026, 15:04 UTC Run at 9 November 2026, 15:04 UTC; 33 of 33 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Ministry of Justice; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-09T14:51:15Z; 2 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 2 of 2 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 33 of 33 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 33 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 33 of 33 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Pass | GOV.UK table is current | latest period 2026-06-30 ended 132 days before retrieval (limit 270), from Overview tables: June 2026 |
| Pass | The release's bulletin agrees | 3 of 3 figures the bulletin https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly-june-2026/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly-june-2026-html states match, each rounded half up as it rounds them |
| Pass | Table Q1.1's offence types add up | 22 of 22 cases of Q1.1's years sum its offence types to its totals |
| Pass | Table Q3.3's offence groups add up | 33 of 33 cases of Q3.3's years sum its offence groups to its totals and the totals to Q1.1's convictions |
| Pass | Table Q3.1 equals Table Q1.1 | 22 of 22 cases of the years give Q3.1's all offence types as Q1.1's totals |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-justice-statistics – HTTP 200 |
Notes
- People proceeded against, convicted and sentenced, as Table Q1.1 gives them, each year to the month the release names. A conviction or sentence can follow a prosecution in an earlier year, so the figures are not a conviction rate, as the Ministry of Justice warns.