Following the changes in Government Machinery that took place on the 09/05/2007, this area of work has moved from the Home Office; and is now managed by the Ministry of Justice. These pages have been left here as a navigational aid – and will be removed in time.
Sentencing and Penalty Notices for Disorder (PND) statistics
Statistics
on sentencing cover:
National,
Criminal Justice Area and Court level statistics;
Sentences
by type of disposal such as custody, community, fine, breach
and other;
Main
characteristics of sentences such as age and sex of offenders,
custody / community / fine rates, length of sentence by offence
group, offence, type of court;
Orders
such as compensation, confiscation and forfeiture.
Statistics
on PNDs cover:
PNDs
issued by 43 police forces in England and Wales for each of
the relevant offences and the outcomes of each notice by age
and sex.
Regular publications
Sentencing Statistics Quarterly Brief This provides the latest trends in sentencing in England and Wales,
based on provisional sentencing data. Key statistics presented are set in the
context of sentencing patterns over the last five years. It considers the total
number sentenced in all courts as well as giving a breakdown for magistrates’ courts
and the Crown Court. The focus is primarily on the use of fines, community sentences,
custody and average custodial sentence length.
Annual Sentencing Statistics (Home
Office Statistical Bulletin)
This provides key statistics that describe the sentencing of offenders dealt
with by criminal court proceedings in England and Wales. This publication replaces
the sentencing chapter included in the annual command paper Criminal Statistics
England and Wales until 2002.
Penalty Notices for Disorder (PND) were
introduced under the provisions of the Criminal Justice and Police
Act 2001. The legislation allows police to issue penalty notices
to offenders for a range of minor disorder offences. This is a
new data collection. We hope to publish regular statistics on the
number of PNDs issued for each of the relevant offences, along
with the eventual outcome of each notice when the data collection
is established.
