Ministry of Justice · offence group: Drug offences
Sentenced prison population: Drug offences
at 30 June 2026
8,501people
Sentenced prison population for Drug offences was 8,501 people at 30 June 2026, down 5.6% (507) on the period before.
- Ministry of Justice dataset
- Table_1_Q_5
- Sex=Male and female; Age group=All ages; Offence group=Drug offences
- column “30 June 2026”
- 8501 per period
- published 30 July 2026
June 2025 to June 2026
What this measures
The prison population under an immediate custodial sentence in England and Wales at the end of each quarter, split by the offence group of the principal offence.
People on remand, or the total sentenced population as counted by custody type group in Table 1.Q.1, which also includes a small number of sentenced prisoners outside this table's definition.
Source
- Dataset
- Offender management statistics quarterly: prison population
- Release
- Prison population as at 30 June 2026, published 30 July 2026 · sha256 9f832c04e75831f8…
- All values
- Sentenced prison population by offence group