Conviction rate in England and Wales 2022

The conviction rate in England and Wales was 83.6 percent in magistrates courts and 77.9 percent in crown courts, as of the first quarter of 2022. In general, crown courts deal with more serous court cases and requires a jury, while magistrates courts often deal with less serious offences, and require no jury. Throughout the provided time period, the conviction rate in magistrates courts has been consistently higher than that of crown courts.

Conviction rates for magistrates courts and crown courts in England and Wales from 2nd quarter 2013 to 1st quarter 2023

Characteristic	Magistrates court	Crown court
Q1 2023	83.6%	77.9%
Q4 2022	83%	78.8%
Q3 2022	82.7%	76.5%
Q2 2022	83.8%	78.8%
Q1 2022	84.2%	78.3%
Q4 2021	82.3%	79.5%
Q3 2021	82.3%	79.1%
Q2 2021	83%	80.8%
Q1 2021	82.7%	81%
Q4 2020	83.6%	82.1%
Q3 2020	87.8%	84.3%
Q2 2019	84.1%	80.8%
Q1 2019	84%	79.7%
Q4 2018	84.8%	78.7%
Q3 2018	84%	79.7%
Q2 2018	84.8%	78.7%
Q1 2018	84.9%	79.8%
Q4 2017	84.8%	80%
Q3 2017	84.3%	80.1%
Q2 2017	85.3%	79.9%
Q1 2017	85.5%	79%
Q4 2016	84.6%	78.8%
Q3 2016	84.2%	78.3%
Q2 2016	84.7%	79.2%
Q1 2016	84.3%	79.7%
Q4 2015	83.6%	79.2%
Q3 2015	83.5%	78%
Q2 2015	83.8%	80%
Q1 2015	84%	79.2%
Q4 2014	83.8%	78.9%
Q3 2014	83.8%	79.4%
Q2 2014	84.3%	80.1%
Q1 2014	84.4%	79.8%
Q4 2013	84.3%	81.3%
Q3 2013	84.3%	81.3%
Q2 2013	84.7%	81.4%

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Release date

2023

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Region

United Kingdom (England, Wales)

Survey time period

Q2 2013 to Q1 2023

Supplementary notes

Time series gap between Q3 2019 and Q2 2020
This statistic using original data from the Crown Prosecution Service and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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