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Ministry of Justice · offence group: Summary non-motoring

Prosecutions: Summary non-motoring

4 periods to Year ending March 2026

1,165,596defendants

Prosecutions for Summary non-motoring totalled 1,165,596 defendants in the 4 periods to Year ending March 2026, down 10.4% (135,508) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Ministry of Justice dataset
  2. Q3_2
  3. Offence group=Summary non-motoring
  4. column “2026”
  5. 267039 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 2026ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0200k400k201620182020202220242026Year ending March 2016: 526,974 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 486,579 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 440,820 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 426,069 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 392,328 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 207,842 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 274,865 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 290,296 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 295,080 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 313,181 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 267,039 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