Ministry of Justice · Ethnicity and the criminal justice system: offender management tables · 6 values
Average sentence length of prisoners released from determinate sentences by self-identified ethnicity
The mean sentence length, in months, of prisoners released from a determinate sentence in England and Wales in the calendar year, by the ethnicity recorded on entry to prison, with "Not stated/ Unrecorded" as its own category.
latest 12 months to 2024; 1 periods summed · total 193.2 months · published 17 August 2026
| Self-identified ethnicity | Latest 12 months | Share | Previous 12 months | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black or Black British | 42.7 | 22.1% | 35.5 | ▲ 20.4% |
| Asian or Asian British | 40.7 | 21.1% | 32.2 | ▲ 26.2% |
| Mixed | 36 | 18.6% | 28.9 | ▲ 24.7% |
| White | 27.5 | 14.2% | 23.6 | ▲ 16.3% |
| Other ethnic group | 27.4 | 14.2% | 21.7 | ▲ 26.3% |
| Not stated/ Unrecorded | 18.8 | 9.8% | 16 | ▲ 17.5% |
Source
- Dataset
- Ethnicity and the criminal justice system: offender management tables · sheet 6_02
- Rows
- Self-identified ethnicity=Total (all); Measure=Average sentence length (months); values are the sum of the published rows for each self-identified ethnicity and period.
- Caveat
- The offence mix, previous convictions or pleas behind the sentences, sentences passed in the year, or time served.
- Parent metric
- Average sentence length of prisoners released from determinate sentences
- API
- /api/metrics/average_sentence_length_by_ethnicity/vintages