England and Wales had an incarceration rate of 142.4 per 100 thousand people in 2018, compared with 136.5 for Scotland and 77 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. Northern Ireland has consistently had the lowest incarceration rate of the Untied Kingdom's countries.
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EDQM. (April 2, 2019). Incarceration rate in the United Kingdom from 2008 to 2018, by country (per 100,000 inhabitants) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 10, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1022592/incarceration-rate-in-uk/
EDQM. "Incarceration rate in the United Kingdom from 2008 to 2018, by country (per 100,000 inhabitants)." Chart. April 2, 2019. Statista. Accessed April 10, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1022592/incarceration-rate-in-uk/
EDQM. (2019). Incarceration rate in the United Kingdom from 2008 to 2018, by country (per 100,000 inhabitants). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 10, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1022592/incarceration-rate-in-uk/
EDQM. "Incarceration Rate in The United Kingdom from 2008 to 2018, by Country (per 100,000 Inhabitants)." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Apr 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1022592/incarceration-rate-in-uk/
EDQM, Incarceration rate in the United Kingdom from 2008 to 2018, by country (per 100,000 inhabitants) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1022592/incarceration-rate-in-uk/ (last visited April 10, 2020)
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