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Number of prisoners in custody in the United Kingdom from 1900 to 2024

Characteristic	England and Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland
2024	87,900	8,000	1,900
2023	83,128	7,775	1,900
2022	80,798	7,427	1,638
2021	78,536	7,504	1,494
2020	80,366	7,339	1,448
2019	82,935	8,198	1,516
2018	83,295	7,789	1,448
2017	85,668	7,464	1,439
2016	85,348	7,552	1,472
2015	85,626	7,675	1,592
2014	85,307	7,731	1,830
2013	84,249	7,894	1,827
2012	86,634	8,057	1,774
2011	85,951	8,179	1,682
2010	84,725	7,854	1,465
2009	83,559	7,964	1,465
2008	82,572	7,827	1,489
2007	80,216	7,376	1,466
2006	78,127	7,187	1,433
2005	75,979	6,856	1,301
2004	74,657	6,779	1,274
2003	73,038	6,776	1,160
2002	70,778	6,475	1,026
2001	66,301	6,186	910
2000	64,602	5,883	1,068
1999	64,771	5,975	-
1998	65,298	6,029	-
1997	61,114	6,059	-
1996	55,281	5,993	-
1995	50,962	5,626	-
1994	48,621	5,585	-
1993	44,552	5,637	-
1992	44,719	5,257	-
1991	44,809	4,839	-
1990	44,975	4,724	-
1989	48,500	4,986	-
1988	48,872	5,229	-
1987	48,426	5,446	-
1986	46,770	5,587	-
1985	46,233	5,273	-
1984	43,295	4,753	-
1983	43,462	5,052	-
1982	43,707	4,891	-
1981	43,311	4,518	-
1980	42,264	4,860	-
1979	42,220	4,585	-
1978	41,796	5,062	-
1977	41,570	4,871	-
1976	41,443	4,884	-
1975	39,820	4,951	-
1974	36,867	4,689	-
1973	36,774	4,810	-
1972	38,328	5,220	-
1971	39,708	5,338	-
1970	39,028	5,003	-
1969	34,667	4,834	-
1968	32,461	4,541	-
1967	35,009	4,238	-
1966	33,086	3,858	-
1965	30,421	3,381	-
1964	29,600	3,250	-
1963	30,896	3,504	-
1962	31,063	3,238	-
1961	29,025	2,997	-
1960	27,099	2,821	-
1959	26,623	2,866	-
1958	25,379	2,672	-
1957	22,602	2,435	-
1956	20,807	2,268	-
1955	21,134	2,176	-
1954	22,421	2,169	-
1953	23,610	2,152	-
1952	23,680	2,089	-
1951	21,780	1,851	-
1950	20,474	1,781	-
1949	19,879	1,835	-
1948	19,765	1,902	-
1947	17,067	1,889	-
1946	15,789	1,983	-
1945	14,708	1,955	-
1944	12,915	1,606	-
1943	12,790	1,560	-
1942	12,400	1,559	-
1941	10,635	1,337	-
1940	9,377	1,320	-
1939	10,326	1,350	-
1938	11,086	1,543	-
1937	10,562	1,593	-
1936	10,613	1,636	-
1935	11,306	1,694	-
1934	12,238	1,851	-
1933	12,986	1,856	-
1932	12,803	1,677	-
1931	11,676	1,636	-
1930	11,346	1,661	-
1929	10,861	1,670	-
1928	11,109	1,715	-
1927	11,179	1,735	-
1926	10,860	1,781	-
1925	10,509	1,688	-
1924	10,750	1,891	-
1923	11,148	2,028	-
1922	11,766	2,028	-
1921	12,179	2,115	-
1920	11,000	1,874	-
1919	9,683	1,335	-
1918	9,199	1,296	-
1917	9,660	1,437	-
1916	10,058	1,674	-
1915	11,311	1,995	-
1914	15,808	2,603	-
1913	18,236	2,694	-
1912	19,442	2,814	-
1911	19,797	2,722	-
1910	20,904	2,777	-
1909	22,018	3,084	-
1908	22,146	3,208	-
1907	20,926	3,016	-
1906	21,074	2,906	-
1905	21,525	2,874	-
1904	21,428	2,883	-
1903	20,795	2,946	-
1902	19,437	2,971	-
1901	18,980	2,908	-
1900	17,435	2,698	-

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July 2024

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Survey time period

1900 to 2024

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As of 2024, there were approximately 97,800 prisoners in custody in the United Kingdom, with the vast majority of these being prisoners in the jurisdiction of England and Wales at 87,900 prisoners, with a further 8,000 in Scotland, and 1,900 in Northern Ireland.