England and Wales court cases 2023

In the fourth quarter of 2023 there were an additional 26,593 crown court cases in England and Wales, and 25,269 court cases that were closed. With new court cases outstripping the number of closed cases in previous quarters, the backlog of court cases has grown significantly since 2020, and reached a peak of 67,573 in the most recent quarter.

Number of receipts, disposals, and outstanding cases in the crown court of England and Wales from 1st quarter 2009 to 4th quarter 2023

Characteristic	Receipts	Disposals	Outstanding
Q4 2023	26,593	25,269	67,573
Q3 2023	27,723	25,527	66,578
Q2 2023	26,359	23,427	64,810
Q1 2023	24,789	25,081	62,207
Q4 2022	23,581	23,747	62,628
Q3 2022	23,879	20,069	62,963
Q2 2022	24,297	22,750	59,428
Q1 2022	24,794	25,168	58,037
Q4 2021	22,640	23,755	58,503
Q3 2021	23,508	24,241	59,804
Q2 2021	25,284	24,160	60,784
Q1 2021	26,427	23,616	59,785
Q4 2020	28,081	22,243	56,993
Q3 2020	28,622	20,312	51,250
Q2 2020	14,268	12,334	43,079
Q1 2020	26,046	23,316	40,891
Q4 2019	26,193	23,626	38,308
Q3 2019	26,611	25,367	35,606
Q2 2019	25,866	24,732	34,426
Q1 2019	25,777	25,929	33,290
Q4 2018	25,084	26,809	32,546
Q3 2018	26,107	27,242	34,406
Q2 2018	25,588	26,829	35,695
Q1 2018	26,321	28,391	37,035
Q4 2017	26,921	28,397	38,247
Q3 2017	28,331	29,286	39,842
Q2 2017	29,073	29,575	40,921
Q1 2017	30,022	31,347	41,528
Q4 2016	28,366	28,885	42,149
Q3 2016	29,624	31,191	42,820
Q2 2016	29,045	32,487	44,460
Q1 2016	30,186	33,721	47,972
Q4 2015	32,267	33,469	50,876
Q3 2015	32,047	32,735	52,235
Q2 2015	31,904	33,331	53,098
Q1 2015	33,780	34,824	54,719
Q4 2014	33,857	33,284	55,116
Q3 2014	34,838	33,732	54,772
Q2 2014	34,320	32,235	53,840
Q1 2014	35,101	33,076	51,828
Q4 2013	35,288	32,464	49,227
Q3 2013	36,693	33,209	46,545
Q2 2013	36,058	32,238	43,196
Q1 2013	31,883	32,471	39,489
Q4 2012	32,813	32,942	39,586
Q3 2012	33,268	33,773	39,840
Q2 2012	32,179	33,730	40,451
Q1 2012	35,111	37,868	42,123
Q4 2011	35,570	36,443	45,030
Q3 2011	38,974	37,915	46,028
Q2 2011	35,971	35,868	45,118
Q1 2011	38,148	39,930	45,150
Q4 2010	37,033	38,397	47,085
Q3 2010	38,949	39,728	48,671
Q2 2010	38,326	37,458	49,615
Q1 2010	38,483	38,176	48,879
Q4 2009	37,189	37,295	47,713
Q3 2009	39,073	37,746	47,922
Q2 2009	37,311	35,410	46,675
Q1 2009	37,138	36,710	45,002

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September 2024

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Q1 2009 to Q4 2023

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This statistic is using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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