
The latest criminal justice trends (January 2026)
Criminal justice trends for January 2026 includes highest ever number of prison recalls.
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Criminal justice trends for January 2026 includes highest ever number of prison recalls.

Criminal Justice quarterly stats show another big increase in numbers going through the system.

Official stats for 2024 show increase in numbers going through the CJS and a big increase in community resolutions.

Remand and recall pile pressure on prison overcrowding

Latest Offender Management Statistics show how pressure on our prison system keeps mounting

Demand on the criminal justice system continues to grow with increases in the most serious offences.

There are 17,070 people on remand, the highest number ever.

Spring 2023 Offender Management Stats show prison population up 6%, recalls up 6% & probation caseload up 1%,

The latest criminal justice trends (November 2022) include a 14% drop in the number of prosecutions for indictable offences.

Autumn 2002 statistics show prison population climbing and rises in the number of adjudications and prison recalls.

The Offender Management Statistics published in July 2022 shows the main justice trends including growing numbers of people in prison and on probation.

Autumn 2021 stats show a fall in the number of prison recalls and the probation caseload getting back to normal again after COVID.