England and Wales had an incarceration rate of 136.2 per 100,000 people in 2023, compared with 133.2 for Scotland and 90.5 for Northern Ireland. In 2008, Scotland had a higher incarceration rate than England and Wales, but this declined at a faster rate than those two countries after 2012, although the recent uptick in 2019 has seen Scotland once again have the highest incarceration rate in the UK. Northern Ireland has consistently had the lowest incarceration rate in the UK.
Incarceration rate in the United Kingdom from 2008 to 2023, by jurisdiction
(per 100,000 inhabitants)
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EDQM. (June 12, 2024). Incarceration rate in the United Kingdom from 2008 to 2023, by jurisdiction (per 100,000 inhabitants) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1022592/incarceration-rate-in-uk/
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