Crown Court receipts: record highs and lows

The extremes of crown court receipts as published by Ministry of Justice, across the 41 periods held here (2016 Q1 to 2026 Q1). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.

Highest published

31,7462024 Q3

Lowest published

14,0012020 Q2

The full series

Crown Court receipts: 2016 Q1 to 2026 Q1ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour010k20k30k2016201820202022202420262016 Q1: 28,681 cases · published 25 June 20262016 Q2: 27,764 cases · published 25 June 20262016 Q3: 28,343 cases · published 25 June 20262016 Q4: 27,222 cases · published 25 June 20262017 Q1: 28,665 cases · published 25 June 20262017 Q2: 27,758 cases · published 25 June 20262017 Q3: 27,098 cases · published 25 June 20262017 Q4: 25,839 cases · published 25 June 20262018 Q1: 24,855 cases · published 25 June 20262018 Q2: 24,350 cases · published 25 June 20262018 Q3: 24,902 cases · published 25 June 20262018 Q4: 23,985 cases · published 25 June 20262019 Q1: 25,292 cases · published 25 June 20262019 Q2: 25,357 cases · published 25 June 20262019 Q3: 26,080 cases · published 25 June 20262019 Q4: 25,680 cases · published 25 June 20262020 Q1: 25,538 cases · published 25 June 20262020 Q2: 14,001 cases · published 25 June 20262020 Q3: 28,231 cases · published 25 June 20262020 Q4: 27,678 cases · published 25 June 20262021 Q1: 25,886 cases · published 25 June 20262021 Q2: 24,719 cases · published 25 June 20262021 Q3: 22,934 cases · published 25 June 20262021 Q4: 21,971 cases · published 25 June 20262022 Q1: 24,049 cases · published 25 June 20262022 Q2: 23,617 cases · published 25 June 20262022 Q3: 23,536 cases · published 25 June 20262022 Q4: 23,528 cases · published 25 June 20262023 Q1: 24,808 cases · published 25 June 20262023 Q2: 26,894 cases · published 25 June 20262023 Q3: 28,342 cases · published 25 June 20262023 Q4: 27,324 cases · published 25 June 20262024 Q1: 29,992 cases · published 25 June 20262024 Q2: 30,361 cases · published 25 June 20262024 Q3: 31,746 cases · published 25 June 20262024 Q4: 29,529 cases · published 25 June 20262025 Q1: 30,174 cases · published 25 June 20262025 Q2: 30,492 cases · published 25 June 20262025 Q3: 30,394 cases · published 25 June 20262025 Q4: 29,569 cases · published 25 June 20262026 Q1: 29,426 cases · published 25 June 2026

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