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Criminal statistics annual report (NS)

The annual release, presented on a calendar year basis, covers offenders dealt with by formal police cautions, reprimands or warning, or criminal court proceedings in England and Wales. 

The order of chapters follows the flow of cases through the criminal justice system. As in previous years, more detailed data for the calendar year covered are published separately in six volumes of supplementary tables.

The report is released by the Ministry of Justice and produced in accordance with arrangements provided by the UK Statistics Authority.

Criminal statistics, England and Wales 2008

• Criminal statistics 2008 (PDF 0.55mb 112 pages)
  Published on 28 January 2010
• Chapter 1: Summary (Excel 0.04mb 2 pages)
• Chapter 2: Penalty notices for disorder (Excel 0.08mb 4 pages)
• Chapter 3: Cautions (Excel 0.14mb 8 pages)
• Chapter 4: Remands (Excel 0.16mb 11 pages)
• Chapter 5: Court proceedings (Excel 0.24mb 16 pages)
• Chapter 6: Offenders found guilty (Excel 0.05mb 3 pages)
• Chapter 7: Offences brought to justice (Excel 0.05mb 3 pages)
• Chapter 8: Motoring offences dealt with by the courts (Excel 0.12mb 11 pages)
• Annex A: Additional tables (Excel 0.30mb 16 pages)
• Appendix 5: Offence classifications (Excel 0.17mb 1 pages)
  Published on 28 January 2010

Supplementary tables (Excel spreadsheets in zip files)

• Volume 1: Proceedings in magistrates' courts (Zip 0.47mb)
• Volume 2: Proceedings in the Crown Court (Zip 0.34mb)
• Volume 3: Court proceedings and cautions by police force area (Zip 0.67mb)
• Volume 4: Proceedings in magistrates' courts – data for individual petty sessional areas (Zip 0.39mb)
• Volume 5: Proceedings at all courts (Zip 0.35mb)
• Volume 6: Court proceedings offences relating to motor vehicles (Zip 0.08mb)
  Published on 28 January 2010

Improvements to the statistics

• Improvements to criminal statistics, sentencing statistics, and statistics on women and the criminal justice system (PDF 0.05mb 4 pages)
  Published on 28 January 2010

Previous issues

• Criminal statistics annual report archive

Please email the web team if you have difficulty opening the zipped files.

The bulletin is produced and handled by the ministry's analytical professionals and production staff. Pre-release access of up to 24 hours is granted to the following persons:

Ministry of Justice: Secretary of State; Minister for Criminal Justice; Minister for Offender Management; Permanent Secretary; Special Adviser; Director General, Criminal Justice Group; Head of Better Trials Unit; Policy Official, Women's Unit; Director of Analytical Services; Director of Sentencing Policy; two sentencing policy managers; Senior Press Officer; four press officers.

Home Office: Home Secretary; Permanent Secretary; Minister for Police and Crime Reduction; Head of Crime Strategy; Head of Violent Crime Unit; Head of Crime Strategy; Press Officer.

Office for Criminal Justice Reform: Chief Executive; Strategy Director; Policy Official, Efficiency and Effectiveness Unit.

Attorney General's Office: Attorney General; Solicitor General; Senior Policy Official.

Crown Prosecution Service: Press Officer.