Ministry of Justice · Criminal court statistics quarterly · 6 values
Crown Court open cases by case type
Crown Court open cases at the end of the quarter split by case type as received into the Crown Court. "All trials" is the sum of triable-either-way and indictable-only trials.
at 2026 Q1 · total 147,480 cases · published 25 June 2026
| Case type | Latest | Share | A year earlier | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All trials | 67,419 | 45.7% | 62,309 | ▲ 8.2% |
| Triable-either-way trials | 42,985 | 29.1% | 39,862 | ▲ 7.8% |
| Indictable only trials | 24,418 | 16.6% | 22,437 | ▲ 8.8% |
| Committed for sentence | 9,923 | 6.7% | 11,213 | ▼ 11.5% |
| Appeals | 2,719 | 1.8% | 2,835 | ▼ 4.1% |
| Unknown | 16 | 0% | 10 | ▲ 60% |
Source
- Dataset
- Criminal court statistics quarterly · sheet Table_C1
- Rows
- 2026 Q1; values are the sum of the published rows for each case type and period.
- Caveat
- Cases at magistrates' courts, or the time each case has been open; case types are as recorded at receipt and most "for trial" cases end in a guilty plea rather than a trial.
- Parent metric
- Crown Court open cases
- API
- /api/metrics/crown_court_open_by_case_type/vintages