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Crown Court median waiting time: record highs and lows

The extremes of crown court median waiting time 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

132023 Q1

Lowest published

72019 Q3

The full series

Crown Court median waiting time: 2016 Q1 to 2026 Q1ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour05102016201820202022202420262016 Q1: 12 weeks · published 25 June 20262016 Q2: 11 weeks · published 25 June 20262016 Q3: 9 weeks · published 25 June 20262016 Q4: 9 weeks · published 25 June 20262017 Q1: 9 weeks · published 25 June 20262017 Q2: 8 weeks · published 25 June 20262017 Q3: 8 weeks · published 25 June 20262017 Q4: 9 weeks · published 25 June 20262018 Q1: 9 weeks · published 25 June 20262018 Q2: 9 weeks · published 25 June 20262018 Q3: 8 weeks · published 25 June 20262018 Q4: 8 weeks · published 25 June 20262019 Q1: 8 weeks · published 25 June 20262019 Q2: 7 weeks · published 25 June 20262019 Q3: 7 weeks · published 25 June 20262019 Q4: 8 weeks · published 25 June 20262020 Q1: 8 weeks · published 25 June 20262020 Q2: 10 weeks · published 25 June 20262020 Q3: 9 weeks · published 25 June 20262020 Q4: 8 weeks · published 25 June 20262021 Q1: 10 weeks · published 25 June 20262021 Q2: 11 weeks · published 25 June 20262021 Q3: 12 weeks · published 25 June 20262021 Q4: 13 weeks · published 25 June 20262022 Q1: 13 weeks · published 25 June 20262022 Q2: 11 weeks · published 25 June 20262022 Q3: 10 weeks · published 25 June 20262022 Q4: 13 weeks · published 25 June 20262023 Q1: 13 weeks · published 25 June 20262023 Q2: 11 weeks · published 25 June 20262023 Q3: 10 weeks · published 25 June 20262023 Q4: 10 weeks · published 25 June 20262024 Q1: 11 weeks · published 25 June 20262024 Q2: 10 weeks · published 25 June 20262024 Q3: 9 weeks · published 25 June 20262024 Q4: 10 weeks · published 25 June 20262025 Q1: 10 weeks · published 25 June 20262025 Q2: 10 weeks · published 25 June 20262025 Q3: 10 weeks · published 25 June 20262025 Q4: 10 weeks · published 25 June 20262026 Q1: 11 weeks · published 25 June 2026
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The chart as a table
PeriodCrown Court median waiting time
2016 Q112 weeks
2016 Q211 weeks
2016 Q39 weeks
2016 Q49 weeks
2017 Q19 weeks
2017 Q28 weeks
2017 Q38 weeks
2017 Q49 weeks
2018 Q19 weeks
2018 Q29 weeks
2018 Q38 weeks
2018 Q48 weeks
2019 Q18 weeks
2019 Q27 weeks
2019 Q37 weeks
2019 Q48 weeks
2020 Q18 weeks
2020 Q210 weeks
2020 Q39 weeks
2020 Q48 weeks
2021 Q110 weeks
2021 Q211 weeks
2021 Q312 weeks
2021 Q413 weeks
2022 Q113 weeks
2022 Q211 weeks
2022 Q310 weeks
2022 Q413 weeks
2023 Q113 weeks
2023 Q211 weeks
2023 Q310 weeks
2023 Q410 weeks
2024 Q111 weeks
2024 Q210 weeks
2024 Q39 weeks
2024 Q410 weeks
2025 Q110 weeks
2025 Q210 weeks
2025 Q310 weeks
2025 Q410 weeks
2026 Q111 weeks

What a record here is, and is not

A record is the extreme of the periods this site holds for the current series, at each period’s newest published release. Earlier series measured under different methods are not compared against it. Money is in cash terms: a record set years ago stands against the money of its own year.