Crime & justice

Surveyed crime, police records, courts, prisons, probation and reoffending.

tracked measures

source systems

Headline measures

Surveyed crime

9.4m

Apr 2025Mar 2026

+6.8%Year to March 2026

Prison population

85.8k

11 weeks earlierLatest snapshot

−1.6kLatest snapshot

Crown Court backlog

78.3k

Q2 2023Q1 2026

+5.5%Q1 2026

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Surveyed crime, police records and justice-system activity measure different stages and should be read together.

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3 measures

Homicides

535

Apr 2025Mar 2026

−6.0%Year to March 2026

Knife-enabled offences

50.5k

Apr 2025Mar 2026

−1.7%Year to March 2026

Proven reoffending rate

28.9%

Feb–Apr 2023Jan–Mar 2024

+0.6ppJan-Mar 2024

Crime

1 measure

Police-recorded crime

6.6m

Year to Mar 2024Year to Mar 2025

−0.1m yr/yrYear to Mar 2025

Probation

1 measure

Probation caseload

246,502

30 Jun 202530 Sep 2025

+2,293 qtr/qtr30 Sep 2025

Courts

3 measures

Crown Court disposals

114,040

20232024

+11.7% yr/yr2024

Crown Court open cases

74,234

31 Dec 202331 Dec 2024

+10.5% yr/yr31 Dec 2024

Magistrates' court disposals

1.43m

20232024

+4.3% yr/yr2024

Civil and family justice

2 measures

Civil court judgments

1.20m

20242025

+10.1% yr/yr2025

Family court cases disposed

245,576

20232024

+4.4% yr/yr2024

Tribunals

1 measure

Tribunal disposals

306,436

2023/242024/25

−9.9% yr/yr2024/25

Changes in recording practice, reporting and court throughput can affect trends independently of underlying offending. Every card links directly to its publishing organisation.

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