Civometry

Ministry of Justice · custody type: Less than or equal to 6 months

Prison population: Less than or equal to 6 months

at 30 June 2026

1,255people

Prison population for Less than or equal to 6 months was 1,255 people at 30 June 2026, down 0.9% (11) 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=Less than or equal to 6 months
  4. column “30 June 2026”
  5. 1255 per period
  6. published 30 July 2026

June 2025 to June 2026

Prison population by custody type and sentence length: June 2025 to June 2026LabourLabour05001k2k20252026June 2025: 1,612 people · published 30 July 2026July 2025: 1,759 people · published 30 July 2026August 2025: 1,728 people · published 30 July 2026September 2025: 1,679 people · published 30 July 2026October 2025: 1,639 people · published 30 July 2026November 2025: 1,766 people · published 30 July 2026December 2025: 1,595 people · published 30 July 2026January 2026: 1,718 people · published 30 July 2026February 2026: 1,687 people · published 30 July 2026March 2026: 1,724 people · published 30 July 2026April 2026: 1,440 people · published 30 July 2026May 2026: 1,266 people · published 30 July 2026June 2026: 1,255 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