Justice in numbers

Access to justice

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Court capacity

Crown court disposals

A count of the number of cases only when all the offences have been completed (following a validation process) in the reporting period. Disposals figures in this report may change if the case results are entered after the first collation of the data.

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Jan - Dec 2021 95,666

Data source Criminal court statistics quarterly

Published: 19 January 2023. Next publication: 30 March 2023 9:30am.

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Crown court outstanding

A count of all cases where one or more offence remains incomplete. The data is a snapshot based on outstanding cases on the final day of the reporting period. This is a count of live cases on the system and is not a calculation based on receipts and disposals. Transferred cases may be double counted for a period while they show in both sending and receiving courts; offences subsequently entered in error may change the categorisation of the case.

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31 Dec 2021 58,719

Data source Criminal court statistics quarterly

Published: 19 January 2023. Next publication: 30 March 2023 9:30am.

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Crown courts cracked trials

Cracked trials as a percentage of total trials.

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Jan - Dec 2021 29%

Data source Criminal court statistics quarterly

Published: 19 January 2023. Next publication: 30 March 2023 9:30am.

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Crown courts ineffective trials

Ineffective trials as a percentage of total trials.

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Jan - Dec 2021 23%

Data source Criminal court statistics quarterly

Published: 19 January 2023. Next publication: 30 March 2023 9:30am.

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Magistrates' courts disposals

A count of the number of cases only when all the offences have been completed (following a validation process) in the reporting period. Disposals figures in this report may change if the case results are entered after the first collation of the data.

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Jan - Dec 2021 1,170,253

Data source Criminal court statistics quarterly

Published: 19 January 2023. Next publication: 30 March 2023 9:30am.

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Employment tribunals disposals

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Apr 2020 - Mar 2021 41,622

Data source Tribunals statistics quarterly

Published: 9 March 2023. Next publication: 08 June 2023 9:30am.

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Victim experience

Mean days from receipt at Crown Court to completion

Completion means any outcome, including guilty pleas, acquittals and convictions. Data from the Crown Court timeliness tool (all offences, all cases closed).

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Q3 (Jul-Sep) 2022 224

Down 5 days from Apr-Jun 2022

Data source Criminal court statistics quarterly

Published: 19 January 2023. Next publication: 30 March 2023 9:30am.

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Number of receipts of adult rape cases at the Crown Court

Cases arriving at the Crown Court. Data from the Crown Court cases received, disposed and outstanding tool.

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Q3 (Jul-Sep) 2022 467

Up 14 from Apr-Jun 2022

Data source Criminal court statistics quarterly

Published: 19 January 2023. Next publication: 30 March 2023 9:30am.

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Civil courts - total judgments

Total number of judgments in the county courts. Some civil cases are resolved via mediation or settled out of court and don't proceed to a judgement.

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Jan - Dec 2022 900,606

Data source Civil justice statistics (quarterly)

Published: 2 March 2023. Next publication: 01 June 2023 9:30am.

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Family court - total cases disposed

Total cases disposed at family court.

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Jan 2021 to Dec 2021 249,985

Data source Family court statistics quarterly

Published: 15 December 2022. Next publication: 30 March 2023 9:30am.

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Tribunals disposals - overall

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Apr 2020 - Mar 2021 265,628

Data source Tribunals statistics quarterly

Published: 9 March 2023. Next publication: 08 June 2023 9:30am.

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Legal aid

Legal aid - overall annual expenditure (£m)

The closed-claim measure of expenditure shows the total value of payments made to legal aid providers in relation to pieces of work that are completed in each period, even where a portion of the work may have taken place over previous periods. Most expenditure figures in the legal aid statistics are shown on this basis.

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Apr 2021 to Mar 2022 1,634 (£m)

Up 291 (£m) from 2020-21

Data source Legal aid statistics (quarterly)

Published: 15 December 2022. Next publication: 30 March 2023 9:30am.

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