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Crown Court disposals under each government

The full published series with each government’s time in office shaded. The table gives the level each government inherited and the last complete period before it left. Changes describe the period, not a cause. Definitions and caveats are on the metric page.

Crown Court disposals: 2016 Q1 to 2026 Q1ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour010k20k30k2016201820202022202420262016 Q1: 32,100 cases · published 25 June 20262016 Q2: 31,038 cases · published 25 June 20262016 Q3: 29,598 cases · published 25 June 20262016 Q4: 27,402 cases · published 25 June 20262017 Q1: 29,988 cases · published 25 June 20262017 Q2: 28,153 cases · published 25 June 20262017 Q3: 27,937 cases · published 25 June 20262017 Q4: 26,964 cases · published 25 June 20262018 Q1: 26,967 cases · published 25 June 20262018 Q2: 25,449 cases · published 25 June 20262018 Q3: 25,742 cases · published 25 June 20262018 Q4: 25,460 cases · published 25 June 20262019 Q1: 25,309 cases · published 25 June 20262019 Q2: 24,179 cases · published 25 June 20262019 Q3: 24,754 cases · published 25 June 20262019 Q4: 23,132 cases · published 25 June 20262020 Q1: 22,813 cases · published 25 June 20262020 Q2: 12,045 cases · published 25 June 20262020 Q3: 19,922 cases · published 25 June 20262020 Q4: 21,791 cases · published 25 June 20262021 Q1: 23,074 cases · published 25 June 20262021 Q2: 23,570 cases · published 25 June 20262021 Q3: 23,589 cases · published 25 June 20262021 Q4: 23,156 cases · published 25 June 20262022 Q1: 24,451 cases · published 25 June 20262022 Q2: 22,206 cases · published 25 June 20262022 Q3: 19,701 cases · published 25 June 20262022 Q4: 23,761 cases · published 25 June 20262023 Q1: 25,420 cases · published 25 June 20262023 Q2: 24,003 cases · published 25 June 20262023 Q3: 26,406 cases · published 25 June 20262023 Q4: 26,303 cases · published 25 June 20262024 Q1: 28,233 cases · published 25 June 20262024 Q2: 28,185 cases · published 25 June 20262024 Q3: 29,534 cases · published 25 June 20262024 Q4: 28,236 cases · published 25 June 20262025 Q1: 27,960 cases · published 25 June 20262025 Q2: 28,823 cases · published 25 June 20262025 Q3: 28,836 cases · published 25 June 20262025 Q4: 28,787 cases · published 25 June 20262026 Q1: 29,600 cases · published 25 June 2026
Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
GovernmentInheritedLeft at / latestChange during government
Labour 2024–5 July 2024 – present28,1852024 Q229,6002026 Q1↑ 5.0%+1,415
Conservative 2019–202413 December 2019 – 5 July 202424,7542019 Q328,1852024 Q2↑ 13.9%+3,431
Conservative 2017–20199 June 2017 – 13 December 201929,9882017 Q124,7542019 Q3↓ 17.5%−5,234
Conservative 2015–20178 May 2015 – 9 June 2017No complete period was published before this government took office.
Coalition 2010–201511 May 2010 – 8 May 2015No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 2005–20106 May 2005 – 11 May 2010No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 2001–20058 June 2001 – 5 May 2005No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 1997–20012 May 1997 – 7 June 2001No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1992–199710 April 1992 – 2 May 1997No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1987–199212 June 1987 – 9 April 1992No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1983–198710 June 1983 – 11 June 1987No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1979–19834 May 1979 – 9 June 1983No complete period was published before this government took office.