Crime figures
There have been 6.59 million crimes recorded by the police within the newest yr, a 1% lower from the yr ending June 2024. Nonetheless, ranges of police recorded crime have elevated from 4.26 million within the yr ending June 2015. Modifications and enhancements in police exercise and recording practices are a significant driver behind the rise in PRC since March 2014.
The proportion of recorded crimes that resulted in a cost has continued to extend in recent times, driving a few of the elevated movement into the courts. Within the newest yr, this elevated barely to 9% of recorded crimes leading to a cost/summons.
Out of Court docket Disposals
There have been round 220,000 OOCDs within the yr ending June 2025, which was an general enhance of 9% when in comparison with the earlier yr. This was pushed by a rise of 16% in group resolutions, with over 174,000 issued, the very best degree throughout the time sequence. This can be a 40% enhance on 5 years in the past with group resolutions now accounting for 79% of the entire variety of OOCDs.
There was a collective lower of 5,700 throughout all different OOCDs when in comparison with yr ending June 2024. Hashish/khat warnings and penalty notices for dysfunction (PNDs) decreased by 77% and 29%, respectively, whereas cautions decreased by 7%.
Prosecutions and Convictions
Within the yr ending June 2025, there have been 1.36 million defendants proceeded in opposition to at magistrates’ courts, a rise of 5% in comparison with the earlier yr. The rise within the newest yr included a 13% enhance in prosecutions for indictable offences and a 4% enhance for abstract offences.
Prosecutions elevated throughout all offence teams, together with a 21% enhance for public order offences (up by 3,800), an 18% enhance for felony injury and arson (up by 500), and theft offences (up by 10,600).
Within the yr ending June 2025, 1.20 million offenders had been convicted, 4% greater than within the earlier yr. Convictions for indictable offences elevated by 10%, from 204,300 to 225,000. That is largely resulting from a rise of over 9,000 convictions for theft offences. Convictions for abstract offences confirmed a small enhance of three%.
The amount of convictions for all indictable offences are above ranges seen in June 2019. Nonetheless, convictions for each violence in opposition to the particular person and sexual offences have elevated markedly over the identical interval, up 43% and 56% respectively.
Developments in convictions for indictable offences are likely to lag prosecutions as a result of time taken between finishing proceedings within the magistrates’ court docket (counted as prosecutions) and instances finishing on the Crown Court docket, the place the variety of excellent instances can be at its highest ever degree.
Remands
The variety of defendants remanded in custody on the Crown Court docket elevated; within the newest yr, 53% of defendants had been remanded in custody on the Crown Court docket, up from 52% in yr ending June 2024.
In yr ending June 2025, 1.36 million defendants had been directed to seem at magistrates’ courts by the police or different prosecuting authorities. In most magistrates’ court docket instances the pre-court remand determination is both not relevant or unknown (81%). Within the majority of magistrates’ courts instances no remand determination might be required as a result of these will embrace Single Justice Process instances.
The proportion of defendants arrested and bailed or held in custody each elevated barely when in comparison with yr ending June 2024.
At magistrates’ court docket, though the proportion remanded in custody confirmed little change on the earlier yr at 5%, the entire quantity of these remanded in custody is up 13% from final yr and is the very best it has been within the earlier decade.
On the Crown Court docket the amount of defendants remanded in custody elevated by 6% to round 56,200 in comparison with the earlier yr (52,800) and is the very best throughout the final decade.
The proportion of defendants remanded in custody elevated from 52% in yr ending June 2024 to 53% in yr ending June 2025, whereas bail has continued to lower to 46%.
Defendants handled for indictable offences are extra usually remanded in custody for causes such because the severity of offence, danger of additional offending and probability of failing to seem at court docket. Of these remanded in custody on the Crown Court docket, 79% had been sentenced to instant custody or suspended custodial sentence – in comparison with 53% of these bailed.
Sentencing
There have been 1.20 million offenders sentenced within the yr ending June 2025, a 4% enhance from the earlier yr. Most offenders (78%) had been sentenced to a wonderful, with abstract motoring offences accounting for 73% of all fines issued.
The variety of offenders sentenced to instant custody elevated by 11% from the earlier yr, as much as 83,700, the very best degree it has been since yr ending June 2019 (86,600). The variety of offenders receiving a custodial sentence of lower than 12 months elevated by 12% – accounting for 59% of all custodial sentences. Whereas these receiving a sentence of 12 months or extra elevated by 9%, accounting for 41% of all custodial sentences.
The custody charge for indictable offences remained just like the earlier yr (33%) and is up greater than 5 proportion factors from a decade in the past (28%). The very best custody charges within the yr ending June 2025 had been for theft and sexual offences, at 57% and 54% respectively.
The general ACSLÂ was 19.5 months within the newest yr, down 0.8 months from the earlier yr. The general lower in ACSL was pushed by a discount in 7 indictable offence teams, notably drug offences (down by 2 months). For indictable offences, the ACSL additionally dropped to 21.5 months, down 1 month in comparison with yr ending June 2024.
Conclusion
Given the relentless rise within the variety of indictable offences and the delay in lots of of those reaching Crown Court docket, it appears inevitable that subsequent yr’s figures will reveal much more demand at each stage of the CJS.
