Civometry

Ministry of Justice · custody type: 12 months to less than 2 years

Prison population: 12 months to less than 2 years

at 30 June 2026

3,163people

Prison population for 12 months to less than 2 years was 3,163 people at 30 June 2026, down 4.0% (133) on the period before.

  1. Ministry of Justice dataset
  2. Table_1_Q_2
  3. Sex=Male and female; Age group=All ages; Custody type=12 months to less than 2 years
  4. column “30 June 2026”
  5. 3163 per period
  6. published 30 July 2026

June 2025 to June 2026

Prison population by custody type and sentence length: June 2025 to June 2026LabourLabour01k2k3k20252026June 2025: 3,205 people · published 30 July 2026July 2025: 3,247 people · published 30 July 2026August 2025: 3,301 people · published 30 July 2026September 2025: 3,307 people · published 30 July 2026October 2025: 3,369 people · published 30 July 2026November 2025: 3,543 people · published 30 July 2026December 2025: 3,391 people · published 30 July 2026January 2026: 3,503 people · published 30 July 2026February 2026: 3,526 people · published 30 July 2026March 2026: 3,579 people · published 30 July 2026April 2026: 3,442 people · published 30 July 2026May 2026: 3,296 people · published 30 July 2026June 2026: 3,163 people · published 30 July 2026
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What this measures

The prison population of England and Wales at the end of each month, split by custody type as the Ministry of Justice publishes it, that is remand status (untried, convicted unsentenced), determinate sentence length band, extended, IPP and life sentences, recalls, fine defaulters and non-criminal prisoners.

Time served or time left to serve; sentence length is the length imposed by the court.

Source

Dataset
Offender management statistics quarterly: prison population
Release
Prison population as at 30 June 2026, published 30 July 2026 · sha256 9f832c04e75831f8…
All values
Prison population by custody type