Prisons in the UK

Prisons in the UK
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Statista dossier about prisons in the United Kingdom

This dossier presents statistics about prisons in England and Wales. This includes demographic information, and also data on violence within prisons, as well as the key numbers and rates (including historical data for trend analysis).

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    • Number of prisoners in the UK 1900-2022

    • Incarceration rate in the UK 2008-2021

    • Largest prisons in the UK 2021

    • Government spending on prisons in the UK 2009-2022

    • Expenditure per prison place in England and Wales 2015-2021

    • Number of prison officers in England and Wales 2010-2022

    • Incarceration rate in European countries in 2021

    • Number of prisoners in England and Wales 1900-2022, by gender

    • Number of prisoners in Scotland 2004-2022, by gender

    • Number of prisoners in England and Wales 2002-2022, by age group

    • Number of prisoners in Scotland 2021, by age group

    • Number of prisoners in Northern Ireland 2022, by age

    • Number of prisoners in England and Wales 2015-2022, by ethnicity

    • Number of prisoners in England and Wales 2015-2022, by religion

    • Number of foreign prisoners in England and Wales 2022, by nationality

    • Number of assaults at prisons in England and Wales 2000-2021

    • Number of prisoner-on-prisoner assaults at prisons in England and Wales 2000-2021

    • Prison assaults on staff in England and Wales 2000-2021

    • Number of self-harm incidents at prisons in England and Wales 2004-2021

    • Number of self-inflicted deaths among prisoners in England and Wales 2000-2021

    • Number of prisoners in England and Wales 2022 by length of sentence

    • Average length of prison sentences for all offences in England and Wales 2000-2022

    • Average length of prison sentences for offences in England and Wales 2022

    • Opinion on prison sentences not being harsh enough in Britain in 2019

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