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Sentencing statistics (annual) (NS)

Both indictable and summary offences are addressed. Trends in custody, community sentences, fines and other disposals are presented with separate figures for magistrates' courts and the Crown Court. Gender and age based sub-groupings are presented as well as sentence length breakdowns and criminal histories.

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

2008

• Sentencing statistics, England and Wales 2008 (PDF 0.43mb 96 pages)
• Chapter 1: National sentencing trends and key criminal justice system statistics (Excel 0.23mb 7 pages)
• Chapter 2: Custodial sentences (immediate and suspended) (Excel 0.67mb 25 pages)
• Chapter 3: Community sentences (Excel 0.38mb 13 pages)
• Chapter 4: Fines and other disposals (Excel 0.36mb 12 pages)
• Chapter 5: Criminal justice areas (Excel 0.38mb 9 pages)
• Chapter 6: Previous criminal histories (Excel 0.33mb 14 pages)
• Appendix 6: Offence classifications (Excel 0.17mb 1 pages)
• Pivot tables (Zip 1.61mb)

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

• Sentencing statistics (annual) archive

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.