Crime lower

This area covers work carried out by legal aid providers at police stations and in magistrates' courts in relation to people accused of or charged with criminal offences. Prison law is also included within the latter category.

See Legal aid statistics quarterly for further information.

Total claim volume

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Period	Total claim volume
Apr 2001 to Mar 2002	1,685,094
Apr 2002 to Mar 2003	1,549,626
Apr 2003 to Mar 2004	1,579,751
Apr 2004 to Mar 2005	1,505,674
Apr 2005 to Mar 2006	1,528,383
Apr 2006 to Mar 2007	1,462,987
Apr 2007 to Mar 2008	1,381,424
Apr 2008 to Mar 2009	1,521,547
Apr 2009 to Mar 2010	1,501,589
Apr 2010 to Mar 2011	1,429,882
Apr 2011 to Mar 2012	1,332,259
Apr 2012 to Mar 2013	1,234,409
Apr 2013 to Mar 2014	1,203,535
Apr 2014 to Mar 2015	1,129,607
Apr 2015 to Mar 2016	1,035,995
Apr 2016 to Mar 2017	984,611
Apr 2017 to Mar 2018	933,013
Apr 2018 to Mar 2019	899,746
Apr 2019 to Mar 2020	885,092
Apr 2020 to Mar 2021	814,323

Apr 2020 to Mar 2021 814,323

Data source Legal aid statistics

Police station advice

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Period	Police station advice
Apr 2001 to Mar 2002	757,579
Apr 2002 to Mar 2003	762,702
Apr 2003 to Mar 2004	791,971
Apr 2004 to Mar 2005	800,793
Apr 2005 to Mar 2006	822,960
Apr 2006 to Mar 2007	801,714
Apr 2007 to Mar 2008	778,757
Apr 2008 to Mar 2009	875,566
Apr 2009 to Mar 2010	859,647
Apr 2010 to Mar 2011	849,716
Apr 2011 to Mar 2012	794,074
Apr 2012 to Mar 2013	734,730
Apr 2013 to Mar 2014	736,911
Apr 2014 to Mar 2015	713,055
Apr 2015 to Mar 2016	664,587
Apr 2016 to Mar 2017	636,070
Apr 2017 to Mar 2018	616,669
Apr 2018 to Mar 2019	602,190
Apr 2019 to Mar 2020	607,250
Apr 2020 to Mar 2021	570,477

Apr 2020 to Mar 2021 570,477

Data source Legal aid statistics

Magistrates court representation

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Period	Magistrates court representation
Apr 2001 to Mar 2002	920,573
Apr 2002 to Mar 2003	771,650
Apr 2003 to Mar 2004	770,249
Apr 2004 to Mar 2005	685,271
Apr 2005 to Mar 2006	681,239
Apr 2006 to Mar 2007	630,985
Apr 2007 to Mar 2008	566,743
Apr 2008 to Mar 2009	599,653
Apr 2009 to Mar 2010	589,441
Apr 2010 to Mar 2011	528,826
Apr 2011 to Mar 2012	490,680
Apr 2012 to Mar 2013	452,880
Apr 2013 to Mar 2014	427,424
Apr 2014 to Mar 2015	392,710
Apr 2015 to Mar 2016	352,496
Apr 2016 to Mar 2017	329,158
Apr 2017 to Mar 2018	296,175
Apr 2018 to Mar 2019	276,533
Apr 2019 to Mar 2020	257,319
Apr 2020 to Mar 2021	227,451

Apr 2020 to Mar 2021 227,451

Data source Legal aid statistics

Advice & assistance on appeals

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Period	Advice & assistance on appeals
Apr 2001 to Mar 2002	1,695
Apr 2002 to Mar 2003	1,522
Apr 2003 to Mar 2004	1,604
Apr 2004 to Mar 2005	1,984
Apr 2005 to Mar 2006	2,282
Apr 2006 to Mar 2007	2,254
Apr 2007 to Mar 2008	1,838
Apr 2008 to Mar 2009	2,278
Apr 2009 to Mar 2010	2,876
Apr 2010 to Mar 2011	3,110
Apr 2011 to Mar 2012	3,542
Apr 2012 to Mar 2013	4,027
Apr 2013 to Mar 2014	2,982
Apr 2014 to Mar 2015	2,355
Apr 2015 to Mar 2016	1,510
Apr 2016 to Mar 2017	1,457
Apr 2017 to Mar 2018	1,333
Apr 2018 to Mar 2019	1,353
Apr 2019 to Mar 2020	1,033
Apr 2020 to Mar 2021	947

Apr 2020 to Mar 2021 947

Data source Legal aid statistics

Prison law

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Period	Prison law
Apr 2001 to Mar 2002	5,247
Apr 2002 to Mar 2003	11,183
Apr 2003 to Mar 2004	13,728
Apr 2004 to Mar 2005	15,698
Apr 2005 to Mar 2006	19,928
Apr 2006 to Mar 2007	26,401
Apr 2007 to Mar 2008	32,193
Apr 2008 to Mar 2009	42,452
Apr 2009 to Mar 2010	47,920
Apr 2010 to Mar 2011	46,285
Apr 2011 to Mar 2012	42,681
Apr 2012 to Mar 2013	41,080
Apr 2013 to Mar 2014	34,985
Apr 2014 to Mar 2015	20,967
Apr 2015 to Mar 2016	17,169
Apr 2016 to Mar 2017	17,734
Apr 2017 to Mar 2018	18,649
Apr 2018 to Mar 2019	19,508
Apr 2019 to Mar 2020	19,379
Apr 2020 to Mar 2021	15,366

Apr 2020 to Mar 2021 15,366

Data source Legal aid statistics

Civil work associated with crime cases

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Period	Civil work associated with crime cases
Apr 2002 to Mar 2003	2,569
Apr 2003 to Mar 2004	2,199
Apr 2004 to Mar 2005	1,928
Apr 2005 to Mar 2006	1,974
Apr 2006 to Mar 2007	1,633
Apr 2007 to Mar 2008	1,893
Apr 2008 to Mar 2009	1,598
Apr 2009 to Mar 2010	1,705
Apr 2010 to Mar 2011	1,945
Apr 2011 to Mar 2012	1,282
Apr 2012 to Mar 2013	1,692
Apr 2013 to Mar 2014	1,233
Apr 2014 to Mar 2015	520
Apr 2015 to Mar 2016	233
Apr 2016 to Mar 2017	192
Apr 2017 to Mar 2018	187
Apr 2018 to Mar 2019	162
Apr 2019 to Mar 2020	111
Apr 2020 to Mar 2021	82

Apr 2020 to Mar 2021 82

Data source Legal aid statistics

Total expenditure (£'000)

Total expenditure (£'000) for crime lower.

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Period	Total expenditure (£'000)
Apr 2001 to Mar 2002	500,801
Apr 2002 to Mar 2003	506,619
Apr 2003 to Mar 2004	515,697
Apr 2004 to Mar 2005	497,203
Apr 2005 to Mar 2006	518,810
Apr 2006 to Mar 2007	517,454
Apr 2007 to Mar 2008	473,093
Apr 2008 to Mar 2009	486,441
Apr 2009 to Mar 2010	475,359
Apr 2010 to Mar 2011	438,560
Apr 2011 to Mar 2012	409,676
Apr 2012 to Mar 2013	387,385
Apr 2013 to Mar 2014	379,560
Apr 2014 to Mar 2015	333,956
Apr 2015 to Mar 2016	286,770
Apr 2016 to Mar 2017	283,894
Apr 2017 to Mar 2018	270,616
Apr 2018 to Mar 2019	260,462
Apr 2019 to Mar 2020	254,959
Apr 2020 to Mar 2021	224,277

Apr 2020 to Mar 2021 224,277

Data source Legal aid statistics