Criminal court statistics quarterly: April to June 2022
Type and volume of cases received and processed through the criminal court system of England and Wales, including statistics on case timeliness. Also includes statistics on the use of language interpreter and translation services in courts and tribunals, England and Wales.
Applies to England and Wales
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This is the quarterly Q2 2022 criminal courts statistics publication.
The statistics here focus on key trends in case volume and progression through the criminal court system in England and Wales. This also includes:
- Experimental statistics on ‘the use of language interpreter and translation services in courts and tribunals;
Additional data tools and CSVs have also been provided.
Statisticians comment
This report covers the period to the end of June 2022.
The latest figures show Crown Court outstanding caseloads increasing for the first time in over a year as a result of disposals falling below receipts. This is likely, at least in part, due to the Criminal Bar Association action. Outstanding caseloads at the magistrates’ court continued to decrease, where both disposals and receipts fell in the latest quarter.
The proportion of trials which are rescheduled on the day of trial (‘ineffective’) at the Crown Court has also increased in the latest quarter, with (lack of) defence barrister availability becoming the strongest contributing factor.
Timeliness estimates, which reflect the length of time a case has taken at the point of completion and therefore covers the period where the pandemic disrupted court processes, showed a mixed picture. Timeliness decreased in both Magistrates and Crown Court but remain above pre-COVID levels.
Criminal court statistics quarterly, July to September 2022
The next criminal court statistics publication is scheduled for release on 19 January 2023.
Pre-release
In addition to Ministry of Justice (MOJ) professional and production staff, pre-release access to the quarterly statistics of up to 24 hours is granted to the following post holders:
Ministry of Justice
Permanent Secretary; Director General, Policy; Director General, Performance, Strategy and Analysis; Director, Access to Justice; Director General, Chief Financial Officer; Director, Criminal Justice Policy; Deputy Director, Criminal Courts Policy; Criminal Court Reform Lead; Courts and Tribunal Recovery Unit; Jurisdictional and Operational Support Manager; Head of Data and Analytical Services; Chief Statistician; 5 Press Officers.
Her Majesty’s Court and Tribunals Service
Chief Executive, HMCTS; Deputy Chief Executive, HMCTS; Deputy Director of Legal Services, Court Users and Summary Justice Reform; Head of Operational Performance; Head of Criminal Enforcement team, HMCTS; Head of data and management information, HMCTS; Head of Management Information Systems; Head of Communications; Head of News; Jurisdictional Operation manager and Head of Contracted Services and Performance for HMCTS Operations Directorate.