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Ad hoc statistical release This ad hoc provides analysis of changes in the Average Custodial Sentence Length (ACSL) between 2010 and 2023. The analysis uses the published data on the ACSL from the Criminal Justice System Statistics Quarterly series (Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: December 2023 - GOV.UK )1, and sets out to examine how changes in offences coming before the courts ...

The overall custody rate was 1%, with an average custodial sentence length (ACSL) of 10.4 months, which is an increase of 1.9 months compared to 2022.

From 2009 to 2017, White offenders were given the shortest custodial sentences on average, and Asian and Black offenders were given the longest.

In 2023/24 the average custodial sentence length for sexual offences in England and Wales was 69.5 months, or just over five years, the most of any broad offence type in that year.

For defendants sentenced to custody, the average custodial sentence length reduced slightly but remains high – the reduction in the latest period is largely due to theft offences, which attract ...

Average custodial sentence length (months) *includes companies, public bodies, etc.

This ad hoc publication presents exploratory analysis of what has driven changes in Average Custodial Sentence Length between 2010 and 2023.

In contrast, the ACSL for summary offences declined -- from 3.2 months in 2002 to 2.6 months in 2022. Figure 3: Average custodial sentence length (in months) for all offences and by offence type Imprisonment Index Having documented trends in the proportion and length of prison sentences, we now combine the two measures into a single index.

Criminal justice system statistics Measures covering the wider criminal justice system. Includes trends in the use of out of court disposals, defendants prosecuted, offenders convicted, and sentencing decisions in England and Wales.

The average length of a prison sentence for all offences in England and Wales was 20.9 months in 2023, compared with 11.4 months in the year 2000.

Justice System Average length of prison sentences for offences in England and Wales 2023/24

the number of offenders sentenced for the offences the sentence outcomes imposed, including average custodial sentence lengths, and breakdowns by age, sex and ethnicity. The summaries are published alongside our guideline consultations. The related data tables are updated when we publish definitive guidelines.

All published reports present the data on custody rates and on average custodial sentence lengths separately. In this report, we combine these two measures to form a new measure of punitiveness for indictable offences: the ‘Expected Custodial Sentence’. This measure provides a more comprehensive measure of the use of imprisonment.

The average custodial sentence length (ACSL) for indictable offences rose from 24.0 months in the year ending September 2021, to 24.8 months in the latest year The ACSL for indictable offences has risen over the last 10 years, up by 7.8 months from 17.0 months in 2012.

Figure 3 reveals an 86% increase in the Average Custodial Sentence Length (ACSL) for indictable and triable either way offences, from 15.5 months in 2002 to 24.6 months in 2022.

The average custodial sentence length (ACSL) for indictable offences has continued to rise from 22.6 months in the year ending June 2021 to 25.7 months in the latest year.

According to new data from the Ministry of Justice, average sentence lengths for violent and sexual offences fell steeply last year in England and Wales. The average custodial sentence length for violent crimes fell by 22 per cent to 18.5 months and the figure for sexual offences fell by 12 per cent to 52 months, which is the lowest figure ...

The average custodial sentence length for all offences was 18.6 months. This is a decrease of 0.9 months from the previous year, when average custodial sentence length was at its highest in the ...

THE IMPOSITION OF COMMUNITY AND CUSTODIAL SENTENCES GUIDELINE I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for taking the time to discuss the new ‘Imposition of Community and Custodial Sentences’ guideline last week. I found our meeting constructive and look forward to working with the Council to resolve the issues identified. As we agreed at that time, this letter sets out my ...