Please note that it has come to our attention that table 5.16 of Court Proceedings was incorrect when originally published.  This table has now been replaced with a corrected version.

The latest National Statistics release on annual criminal statistics in England and Wales.

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.

Court level sentencing data are now available for the first time as part of the commitments made in the Ministry of Justice’s Structural Reform Plan, in accordance with public data principles. The data will provide members of the public with information about what happened in their court and the sentences given.

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 2009

Criminal Statistics 2009 (PDF 0.62mb 127 pages)

Chapter 1: Summary (Excel 0.07mb 3 pages)

Chapter 2: Penalty notices for disorder (Excel 0.09mb 5 pages)

Chapter 3: Cautions (Excel 0.18mb 9 pages)

Chapter 4: Remands (Excel 0.21mb 13 pages)

Chapter 5: Court proceedings (Excel 0.25mb 16 pages)

Chapter 6: Offenders found guilty (Excel 0.09mb 5 pages)

Chapter 7: Offences brought to justice (Excel 0.09mb 5 pages)

Chapter 8: Motoring offences dealt with by the courts (Excel 0.17mb 11 pages)

Annex A: Additional tables (Excel 0.30mb 14 pages)

Appendix 5: Offence classifications (Excel 0.19mb 1 pages)
Published 21 October 2010

Supplementary tables (Excel spreadsheets in zip files)

Volume 1: Proceedings in magistrates' courts (Zip 0.46mb)

Volume 2: Proceedings in the Crown Court (Zip 0.34mb)

Volume 3: Court Proceedings, penalty notices for disorder and cautions by police force area (Zip 0.58mb)

Volume 4: Proceedings in magistrates' courts - data for individual petty sessional areas (Zip 0.45mb)

Volume 5: Proceedings at all courts (Zip 0.36mb)

Volume 6: Court proceedings offences relating to motor vehicles (Zip 0.08mb)
Published 21 October 2010

Sentencing Statistics (annual) (NS)

Changes to the statistics

Developments in Criminal Statistics 2009 and Sentencing Statistics 2009 (PDF 0.12mb 3 pages)
Published 20 October 2010

Previous issues

Criminal statistics annual report archive

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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 of State; Permanent Secretary; Special Adviser; Director General, Criminal Justice Group; Head of Better Trials Unit; four policy advisors; Director of Analytical Services; two sentencing policy managers; Senior Press Officer; four press officers; Strategic Communications Advisor; Head of Fairness and Confidence Unit; Director Criminal Policy, Head of Justice Team; Head of Community Confidence Team; Strategy Manager.

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; Chief Statistician.

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

Crown Prosecution Service: Press Officer.

Sentencing Council: Chairman of the Sentencing Council

The Judiciary: Lord Chief Justice; Senior Presiding Judge