England and Wales had an incarceration rate of 131.5 per 100 thousand people in 2021, compared with 134.9 for Scotland and 73.8 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 of the Untied Kingdom.
Incarceration rate in the United Kingdom from 2008 to 2021, by jurisdiction
(per 100,000 inhabitants)
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EDQM. (April 5, 2022). Incarceration rate in the United Kingdom from 2008 to 2021, by jurisdiction (per 100,000 inhabitants) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 03, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1022592/incarceration-rate-in-uk/
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EDQM. "Incarceration Rate in The United Kingdom from 2008 to 2021, by Jurisdiction (per 100,000 Inhabitants)." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1022592/incarceration-rate-in-uk/
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