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Ministry of Justice · offence group: Miscellaneous crimes against society

Prosecutions: Miscellaneous crimes against society

4 periods to Year ending March 2026

103,135defendants

Prosecutions for Miscellaneous crimes against society totalled 103,135 defendants in the 4 periods to Year ending March 2026, up 4.1% (4,022) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Ministry of Justice dataset
  2. Q3_2
  3. Offence group=Miscellaneous crimes against society
  4. column “2026”
  5. 29087 per period
  6. published 30 July 2026

Year ending March 2016 to Year ending March 2026

Prosecutions by offence group: Year ending March 2016 to Year ending March 2026ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour020k40k201620182020202220242026Year ending March 2016: 43,529 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 39,926 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 32,555 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 29,000 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 26,961 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 20,514 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 22,638 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 22,356 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 24,576 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 27,116 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 29,087 defendants · published 30 July 2026
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What this measures

Defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts in England and Wales in the twelve months ending March, split by the offence group of the principal offence.

The indictable and summary subtotals the table also prints, which are left out so the groups sum to the total.

Source

Dataset
Criminal justice statistics quarterly: overview tables
Release
Year ending March 2026, published 30 July 2026 · sha256 60c19d2d5ff2446d…
All values
Prosecutions by offence group