Custodial Treatment: Men

Ministry of Justice written question – answered at on 26 July 2024.

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Photo of Ben Goldsborough Ben Goldsborough Labour, South Norfolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many adult men with no previous convictions were taken into immediate custody from (a) Crown and (b) magistrates courts for sentences of (i) below six months and (ii) six months and over in each police force area in England and Wales in 2022-23; and what the offence classification was in each of those cases.

Photo of Heidi Alexander Heidi Alexander The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice

Information on the numbers of adult men with no previous convictions who were taken into immediate custody from the Crown Courts and the Magistrates courts for sentences of below six months, and six months and over, are provided below. It is not possible to provide breakdowns by police force area because, due to low numbers, this would risk identification of the individuals concerned. Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for our independent courts, taking into account the circumstances of each case.

Number of adult(1) male offenders with no previous convictions(2) sentenced to immediate custody by court type(3), sentence length(4)(5), and offence type; England and Wales(6), 2022-23(7):

Offence type8

Crown Court

Magistrates Court

Less than 6 months

6 months or more

Less than 6 months

6 months or more

Violence against the person

31

950

69

40

Sexual offences

16

1,347

23

32

Robbery

1

118

0

5

Theft Offences

11

173

97

18

Criminal damage and arson

3

22

2

3

Drug offences

71

1,980

18

87

Possession of weapons

12

84

81

31

Public order offences

11

97

28

8

Miscellaneous crimes against society

57

429

50

27

Fraud offences

5

109

7

3

Summary offences excluding motoring

22

16

161

7

Summary motoring offences

1

2

54

1

All offences

241

5,327

590

262

Source: Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer(9)

Notes:

1) Aged 18 or over at time of sentence.

2) Counting the number of male offenders who were convicted in court for the first time.

3) Includes crown and magistrates’ courts cases, where this information is recorded on the PNC.

4) 6 months has been assumed to be 180 days.

5) Excludes cases where the sentence length is not known.

6) England and Wales include all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police.

7) Includes financial year beginning April 2022 to March 2023.

8) For more detailed information on the offences included in each classification see the Offence Group Classifications file at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2023

9) The figures in these tables have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.

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