Criminal court statistics bulletin: April to June 2016
Source: data.gov.uk (2018-05-25)

Criminal Court Statistics. This publication provides aggregated data on workload, effectiveness and timeliness in magistrates courts and the Crown Court. It is designed to provide a summary overview of the volume and types of cases dealt with by courts over time. The data available includes receipts, disposals and outstanding cases by case type, effective, ineffective and cracked trials, plea information, waiting times, hearing times and duration of cases from offence to completion by case type and offence. It is produced on a quarterly basis with extra information included in the June annual publication, such as unrepresented defendants, juror sitting days and election of the defendant.

Criminal court statistics 
quarterly, England and Wales 
 
April to June 2016 
 
Ministry of Justice 
Statistics bulletin 
 
 
Published 29 September 2016 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
Contents  
Introduction 
 
2 
Changes and revisions in this publication 
 
4 
Key Findings 
 
5 
Criminal Courts 
 
6 
1. 
Criminal cases in the magistrates’ courts 
 
6 
2. 
Criminal cases in the Crown Court 
 
7 
3. 
Timeliness 
 
11 
Annex A: Enforcement of financial impositions 
 
14 
Annex B: End to End Timeliness 
 
17 
Annex C: List of Accompanying Tables and CSV 
 
17 
Annex D: Explanatory notes 
 
20 
Previous editions 
 
21 
Contacts 
 
21 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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Introduction 
 
The statistical bulletin 
 
This publication presents statistics relating to activity in criminal cases in magistrates’ 
courts and the Crown Court in England and Wales. It provides provisional figures for 
the latest quarter (April to June 2016), with accompanying commentary and analysis. 
The figures themselves give a summary overview of the volume of cases dealt with 
by these courts over time. The statistics are used to monitor court workloads, to assist 
in the development of policy, and their subsequent monitoring and evaluation.  
Information on the enforcement of financial impositions can be found in Annex A. The 
annex provides updated management information on the collection of financial 
impositions through Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS).  
 
Criminal Courts; an overview 
 
Magistrates’ courts  
 
Virtually all criminal court cases start in the magistrates’ courts. The less serious 
offences are handled entirely in magistrates’ courts, with over 90% of all cases being 
dealt with in this way. The more serious offences are passed on to the Crown Court, 
either for sentencing after the defendant has been found guilty in the magistrates’ 
court, or for trial with a judge and jury. 
 
As part of wider measures in the justice system, committal hearings were abolished 
nationally1 at the end of May 2013. As a result of the change, triable-either-way cases 
can now be sent straight to the Crown Court as soon as it is clear the matter is serious 
enough, rather than having to await a committal hearing.  
The Crown Court  
 
The Crown Court deals with cases received from the magistrates’ courts for 
sentencing, trial or appeal against magistrates’ courts’ decision. Of those proceeded 
against in the magistrates’ courts, around 6% of defendants go on to the Crown Court 
for trial. 
Triable-either-way cases can be sent to the Crown Court for trial if the magistrates’ 
courts decide the matter is serious enough or if a defendant elects to be tried by judge 
and jury.  
Indictable only cases can only be tried on indictment in the Crown Court as they 
cannot be heard summarily at the magistrates’ courts.  
                                            
1 www.gov.uk/government/news/faster-justice-as-unneccessary-committal-hearings-are-abolished 

 
 
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Committed for sentence cases are transferred to the Crown Court for sentencing only 
after a defendant has been convicted in a magistrates’ court. This would occur where 
a magistrate believes that their sentencing powers are insufficient to apply an 
appropriate sanction to the defendant. 
 
In its appellate jurisdiction the Crown Court deals mainly with appeals against 
conviction and/or sentence in respect of criminal offences, including consequential 
orders, e.g. disqualification from driving, and against the making of certain standalone 
orders, e.g. Anti-Social Behaviour Orders. The Crown Court may dismiss or allow the 
appeal and vary all or any part of the sentence. Appeals are usually heard by a Circuit 
Judge sitting with no more than four lay magistrates (normally two). 
 
Average waiting time at the Crown Court 
 
‘Average waiting time’ is the time between sending a case to the Crown Court and 
the start of the substantive hearing. 
 
Average hearing time at the Crown Court 
 
 
The ‘average hearing time’ relates to the average duration of all hearings heard in 
the Crown Court, including preliminary hearings, main hearings, and hearings where 
a sentence is given to a defendant. 
 
Data and court processes 
 
Information about the systems and data included in this publication can be found in 
the ‘A guide to criminal court statistics’ which is published alongside this report. It 
also includes a glossary which provides brief definitions for the terms used in this 
report. 
 
www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-guide-to-criminal-court-statistics 

 
 
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Changes and revisions in this publication  
Changes to timeliness methodology to remove 10 year threshold – published 
as “experimental statistics” 
 
Following a consultation in early 2015, a proposal was agreed to make changes to 
the end-to-end case timeliness methodology applied within this publication. The 
proposed change was to remove the 10 year threshold from the validation scripts 
applied to published estimates. We confirmed our intention in our most recent 
bulletin released in June 2016 to implement the changes within this release. 
Tables based on both the existing and new methodologies have been produced, 
along with a separate annex document providing users with a detailed explanation 
of the change in approach and comparisons between statistics produced under the 
two methodologies. Within this document, however, commentary on the latest 
trends in the timeliness section is based on the existing methodology. 
The statistics produced using the new methodology are badged as "experimental 
statistics" and do not display the National Statistics logo, as data are still being 
evaluated and remain subject to further testing in terms of their reliability and ability 
to meet customer needs.  
Subject to user feedback on these experimental statistics, the intention is to 
produce both methodologies for this release only, after which we will only present 
statistics and commentary based solely on the new methodology. 
Changes to timeliness tables – inclusion of Single Justice Procedure (SJP) 
cases 
In all the timeliness tables produced within this publication, for both existing and 
new methodologies, Single Justice Procedure cases have been included within the 
statistics for the first time. These cases were introduced in June 2015 and apply to 
adult only summary non imprisonable offences which can only be dealt with by 
magistrates’ courts.  
 
Additional magistrates’ courts timeliness tables – excluding cases committed 
to the Crown Court 
 
Published timeliness tables at a national level for magistrates’ court cases (tables 
T2 and T3) include cases committed to the Crown Court. The timeliness 
transparency file, however, only includes cases fully dealt with in the magistrates’ 
courts, thereby excluding cases committed to the Crown Court. For completeness, 
additional national level magistrates’ court tables have been produced (new tables 
T2b, T3b) to present national timeliness statistics in the same way as the 
transparency file. These additional tables therefore only include cases fully dealt 
with at magistrates’ courts and exclude cases committed to the Crown Court; they 
will become part of the set of timeliness tables produced each quarter.   
 
 

 
 
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Key Findings 
This report presents statistics relating to activity in criminal cases in the magistrates’ 
courts and the Crown Court in England and Wales in the second quarter of 2016 
(April to June). 
 
 Disposals in magistrates’ courts remain higher than receipts, resulting in the 
outstanding magistrates’ court caseload dropping to 291,700 at the end of Q2 
2016, the lowest level since Q4 2013. 
 
 Outstanding cases in the Crown Court have been gradually decreasing since Q4 
2014. Between Q1 2016 and Q2 2016 they declined by 9% to 43,200 cases, the 
lowest number of outstanding cases since Q2 2013.  
 
 Over the last 12 months, for cases completing in the Crown Court, the average 
number of days from first listing to completion in the Crown Court decreased 
overall from 204 days in Q2 2015 to 185 days in Q2 2016. 
 
 Hearing times for not guilty trials in the Crown Court has increased over the last 
three quarters to a peak of 15.3 hours in Q2 2016. Hearing times for guilty plea 
trials have increased to 1.7 hours into Q2 2016.  
 
 

 
 
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Criminal Courts  
At the second quarter of 2016, there were around 240 magistrates’ courts and 
approximately 80 Crown Court locations across England and Wales.  
 
1. Criminal cases in the magistrates’ courts 
 
Figure 1 below shows the magistrates’ courts caseload for England and Wales.  
 
Figure 1: Magistrates’ courts caseload, Q2 2012 to Q2 2016 
 
Receipts in the magistrates’ courts (figure 1)  
 
The number of receipts fluctuated throughout 2015, but following a decline of 4% 
between Q4 2015 and Q1 2016 they have remained stable at Q2 2016. 
  
Disposals (figure 1)  
 
Following a peak of 412,400 disposals in Q1 2016, disposals decreased by 3% in Q2 
2016 to 400,000, although they continued to be higher than receipts.  
 
Outstanding cases (figure 1)  
 
Outstanding cases dropped to 291,700 cases at the end of Q2 2016, the lowest 
level since Q4 2013, and a 4% decrease compared to Q1 2016. 
 
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2. Criminal cases in the Crown Court 
 
Figure 2 below shows the quarterly Crown Court caseload from Q1 2010 to Q2 2016. 
 
Figure 2: Crown Court caseload, Q1 2010 to Q2 2016  
 
Receipts 
 
Receipts in Q2 2016 were 4% lower than in Q1 2016, and 10% lower than Q2 2015. 
This latest figure of 28,800 was the lowest of the quarterly time series. 
 
Disposals 
 
Disposals have fallen by 3% between Q1 2016 and Q2 2016 to 32,700, with a 
decrease of 2% since Q2 2015. Despite this, disposals have continued to be higher 
than receipts for the last 6 quarters, driving the falling trend in the number of 
outstanding cases. 
 
Outstanding cases  
 
Outstanding cases in the Crown Court have been gradually decreasing since Q4 
2014. Between Q1 2016 and Q2 2016 they declined by 9% to 43,200 cases, the 
lowest number of outstanding cases since Q2 2013.  
 
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Receipts by case type (figure 3) 
 
Triable-either-way trial case receipts fell by 9% from Q1 2016. They have driven the 
overall downward trend in all receipts over the last twelve months, with a decrease 
of 20% between Q2 2015 and Q2 2016. Indictable only trial case receipts have 
remained fairly constant from Q1 2016 into Q2 2016, but have fallen by 5% since Q2 
2015. 
 
Both committal for sentence and appeals receipts remained stable between Q1 2016 
and Q2 2016. Over a longer period, however, the number of committal for sentence 
receipts has increased by 5% since Q2 2015, while appeals have decreased by 13% 
over the same time period. 
 
Figure 3: Crown Court receipts by case type, Q1 2010 to Q1 2016  
 
Disposals by case type (figure 4) 
 
Overall, triable-either-way disposals have been higher than receipts since Q1 2015, 
although they decreased by 9% between Q1 2016 and Q2 2016.  The number of 
indictable only disposals has continued to remain stable, at around 8,000 at Q2 
2016.  
 
Committed for sentence disposals have increased by 10% since Q2 2015, whilst 
appeals have fluctuated since Q2 2015, with a small increase of 4% from Q1 2016. 
 
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Number of receipts
For trial (Triable-either-way)
For trial (Indictable Only)
Committed for sentence
Appeals against mags' decisions

 
 
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Figure 4: Crown Court disposals by case type, Q1 2010 to Q1 2016  
 
 
Outstanding cases by case type (figure 5) 
 
The trend in triable-either-way outstanding cases drives the trend in the overall 
number of outstanding cases, with a decrease of 11% in the latest quarter and 24% 
between Q2 2015 and Q2 2016. This follows the declining trend seen since Q1 2015, 
which has been driven by disposals for triable-either-way cases being greater than 
corresponding receipts over this time period. 
 
Indictable only cases have followed a similar pattern but to a lesser magnitude, 
decreasing by 6% in the latest quarter and by 14% between Q2 2015 and Q2 2016. 
Committed for sentence outstanding cases had remained fairly steady since Q2 2014 
but have since dropped by 5% in the latest quarter. Appeals have also declined in 
Q2 2016, by 8% compared to Q1 2016. 
 
 
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Number of Disposals
For trial (Triable-either-way)
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Appeals against mags' decisions

 
 
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Figure 5: Crown Court outstanding cases by type, Q1 2010 to Q1 2016   
 
 
 
Receipts, disposals and outstanding cases by offence group (figure 6) 
 
In Q2 2016, violence against the person had the highest volume of receipts, 
followed by miscellaneous crimes against society, sexual offences and drug 
offences. 
 
For disposals, violence against the person had the highest number in Q2 2016 
followed by miscellaneous crimes against society, drug offences and theft offences. 
 
Outstanding cases followed a similar pattern, with violence against the person 
having the highest amount of cases, followed by sexual offences and miscellaneous 
crimes against society. Although the number of disposals for sexual offences is 
higher than receipts in Q2 2016, the high number of outstanding cases may be due 
to the length of time these cases take to complete in comparison to other offence 
groups. 
 
At Q2 2016, disposals were higher than receipts for each offence group, resulting in 
outstanding cases decreasing across each of the groups between Q1 and Q2 2016.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Figure 6: Receipts, disposals and outstanding cases by offence group, for trial cases, Q2 2016 
 
 
 
3. Timeliness  
 
Methodology notes 
The statistics below are based on the existing end-to-end timeliness methodology in 
line with previous publications, which excludes cases where the total duration from 
offence to completion is greater than 10 years. See the Changes and revisions in this 
publication section of this bulletin for more details on changes to timeliness 
methodology. 
 
Offence to completion in the magistrates’ courts 
 
For cases in the magistrates’ courts, the (mean) average number of days from 
offence to completion increased from 155 days in Q2 2015 to 164 days in Q1 2016, 
but decreased to 162 days in Q2 2016.  
 
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Crown Court criminal cases - First listing in the magistrates’ courts to 
completion in the Crown Court (figure 7) 
 
Over the last 12 months, for cases completing in the Crown Court, the average 
number of days from first listing to completion in the Crown Court decreased overall 
from 204 days in Q2 2015 to 185 days in Q2 2016. In the latest quarter, there was a 
small increase from 183 days in Q1 2016. 
 
The average time from first listing at the magistrates’ court to receipt by the Crown 
Court has remained at a similar level of 5 days since late 2014. 
 
The average time from receipt by the Crown Court to completion decreased from 199 
days in Q2 2015 to 180 days in Q2 2016, driving the overall decrease in the number 
of days from first listing to completion over the last 12 months. In the latest quarter, 
however, the average time from receipt by the Crown Court to completion increased 
by 3 days from 177 days in Q1 2016.  
 
Figure 7: Average number of days (mean) from first listing in the magistrates’ courts to 
completion in the Crown Court, for Crown Court criminal cases, Q2 2010 to Q2 2016  
 
 
 
Average waiting times at the Crown Court (figure 8) 
 
Waiting times for triable-either-way cases have increased since the last quarter from 
20.2 weeks in Q1 2016 to 20.5 weeks in Q2 2016, whilst indictable only cases have 
increased from 21.3 weeks to 21.8 weeks. For non-trial cases, there was a small 
decrease of 0.4 weeks for committed for sentence cases and also for appeals.  
 
 
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Figure 8: Average waiting time (weeks) at the Crown Court, Q1 2010 to Q2 2016 
 
 
Average hearing times at the Crown Court (figure 9) 
 
 Hearing times for not guilty trials in the Crown Court has increased over the last 
three quarters to a peak of 15.3 hours in Q2 2016. Hearing times for guilty plea 
trials have increased to 1.7 hours into Q2 2016.  
 
Figure 9: Average hearing time (hours) at the Crown Court, Q1 2010 to Q2 2016 
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Annex A: Enforcement of financial impositions 
The following section provides updated management information on the collection of 
financial impositions through Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS). 
Impositions made in this time period are reported, and payment information will 
continue to be recorded. 
Financial impositions are ordered by the criminal courts for payment by offenders at 
sentencing and include financial penalties such as fines, prosecutors’ costs, 
compensation orders and victim surcharge. Financial penalties are the most 
commonly used sentence and form a significant part of HMCTS’ collection and 
enforcement business. Accounting centres also enforce penalty notices for disorder 
and fixed penalty notices registered as fines for enforcement. The financial imposition 
statistics presented here do not include confiscation orders. Figure 10 shows the 
financial impositions for each quarter split by imposition type.  
 
 
Figure 10: HMCTS management information: Financial impositions by imposition type, 
England and Wales, Q2 2011 - Q2 2016 
 
 
Note: The Criminal Court Charge (CCC) ceased to exist on 24 December 2015 but 
impositions still appear due to when the data are entered onto the system. 
 
 
 
 
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CCC
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Compensation

 
 
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Financial impositions and amounts paid (Table A1)  
 
Financial penalties can be imposed by the magistrates’ courts and the Crown Court; 
although they are all collected and enforced by the HMCTS National Compliance and 
Enforcement Service.  
 
The total value of financial penalties paid in Q2 2016, regardless of the age of the 
imposition, was £118 million, the highest figure since Q1 2009, when the time series 
began. This was a 37% increase when compared with the same quarter in 2015 and 
an 8% increase since Q1 2016.  
 
Financial impositions and amounts paid by imposition type (Table A2, figure 
10)  
 
Total financial impositions have increased by 30% between Q2 2015 and Q2 2016, 
driven by an increase to fines in earlier quarters and an increase in compensation 
impositions, of £11 million, in the latest quarter. This is predominantly due to a single 
high value figure imposed to one account. There have also been a number of other 
high value impositions for cases included within compensation, such as Health and 
Safety Executive cases. 
 
In Q2 2016, 21% (£33.6 million) of all financial impositions imposed by the criminal 
courts were paid within the imposition month. This proportion is the highest since Q2 
2011, when this time series began, and is driven by an increase in compensation 
payments within the imposition month. 
 
Financial impositions (£ million) for victim surcharge (Table A2, figure 11) 
 
Victim surcharge is an additional surcharge which is added to the fines that are 
imposed. The receipts obtained from the collection of these monies by HMCTS are 
passed to the Justice Policy Group of the MoJ to fund victims’ services. The amount 
imposed has been increasing since its scope and amounts payable were extended 
in October 2012. 
Following a period of stability between Q1 2015 and Q4 2015, impositions have 
increased at the start of 2016 and are 13% higher at Q2 2016 than at Q4 2015. 
While the amount imposed has increased, the proportion of impositions collected 
within the imposition month has decreased from 11% in Q2 2015 to 10% in Q2 
2016.  
 
 
 
 

 
 
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Figure 11: Financial impositions (£ million) for victim surcharge, Q2 2011 to Q2 2016 
 
 
 
 
 
Financial imposition accounts opened and closed (Table A3)  
 
An account is opened when a financial penalty is ordered in court and is closed 
when the imposition against the account has been paid or the imposition ceases. 
Where a defendant has more than one financial penalty and/or account, these can 
be consolidated into one account.  
 
There were 324,000 accounts opened in Q2 2016, remaining stable since Q1 2016, 
but decreasing by 2% when compared to the same period in the previous year. Of 
the accounts opened in Q1 2016, 9% (30,100) were closed within the imposition 
month.  
 
Outstanding financial impositions (Table A4)  
 
The amount outstanding is irrespective of the age of the imposition or the payment 
terms, and excludes all impositions already paid as well as both legal and 
administrative cancellations. Payment terms may include arrangements for 
offenders to pay amounts owed over a period of time.  
 
In Q2 2016, the total value of financial impositions outstanding in England and 
Wales was £706 million. The amount of outstanding financial impositions has been 
increasing since Q1 2014, and show an increase of 29% between Q1 2014 and Q1 
2016. The increase since Q2 2015 is partially due to owed criminal court charge 
payments. 
 
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Within imposition month (%)
Financial impositions in period (£ millions)
Imposed (£ millions)
Paid within 1 month of imposition (%)

 
 
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Annex B: End to End Timeliness new methodology 
Published as a separate document alongside this bulletin.  
Annex C: List of Accompanying Tables and CSV  
Accompanying this publication are the following tables: 
Table M1 
Receipts, disposals and outstanding criminal cases in the magistrates' 
courts in England and Wales, annually 2012 - 2015, quarterly Q2 2012 – Q2 
2016 
Table M2 
Effectiveness of magistrates' courts' trials in England and Wales, annually 
2003 - 2015, quarterly Q1 2010 – Q2 2016 
Table M3 
Key reasons for ineffective magistrates' courts' trials in England and Wales, 
annually 2006 - 2015, quarterly Q1 2010 – Q2 2016 
Table M4 
Key reasons for cracked magistrates' courts' trials in England and Wales, 
annually 2010 - 2015, quarterly Q1 2010 – Q2 2016 
Table C1 
Receipts, disposals and outstanding cases in the Crown Court in England 
and Wales, annually 2000 - 2015, quarterly Q1 2010 – Q2 2016 
Table C1a  
Receipts by offence group in the Crown Court in England and Wales, annual 
2014 – 2015, quarterly Q1 2014 – Q2 2016 
Table C1b  
Disposals by offence group in the Crown Court in England and Wales, 
annual 2014 – 2015, quarterly Q1 2014 – Q2 2016 
Table C1c 
Outstanding cases by offence group in the Crown Court in England and 
Wales, annual 2014 – 2015, quarterly Q1 2014 – Q2 2016 
Table C2 
Effectiveness of Crown Court trials in England and Wales, annually 2007 - 
2015, quarterly Q1 2010 – Q2 2016 
Table C3 
Key reasons for ineffective Crown Court trials in England and Wales, 
annually 2007 - 2015, quarterly Q1 2010 – Q2 2016 
Table C4 
Key reasons for cracked Crown Court trials in England and Wales, annually 
2007 - 2015, quarterly Q1 2010 – Q2 2016 
Table C5 
Defendants dealt with in trial cases in the Crown Court by plea in England 
and Wales, annually 2001 - 2015, quarterly Q1 2010 – Q2 2016 
Table C6 
Defendants dealt with in trial cases by stage at which guilty plea was 
entered and accepted in the Crown Court, by receipt type, England and 
Wales, annually 2010 - 2015, quarterly Q1 2010 – Q2 2016 

 
 
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Table C7 
Defendants dealt with in trial cases where a guilty plea was entered before a 
trial, during trial or at a cracked trial, and accepted in the Crown Court, by 
receipt type, England and Wales, annually 2010 - 2015, quarterly Q1 2010 – 
Q2 2016 
Table C8 
Average waiting times in the Crown Court in England and Wales, annually 
2000 - 2015, quarterly Q1 2010 – Q2 2016 
Table C9 
Average waiting times (weeks) in the Crown Court for defendants dealt with 
in trial cases, by plea and remand type, England and Wales, annually 2007 - 
2015, quarterly Q1 2010 – Q2 2016 
Table C10 
Average hearing and waiting times for trial cases in the Crown Court by plea 
in England and Wales, annually 2000 - 2015, quarterly Q1 2010 – Q2 2016 
Table C11 
Average hearing times (hours) in the Crown Court for cases disposed of, by 
case type and plea, England and Wales, annually 2007 - 2015, quarterly Q1 
2010 – Q2 2016 
Table C12 
Appeals (against decisions of magistrates' courts) dealt with in the Crown 
Court, by appeal type and result, England and Wales, annually 2007 - 2015, 
quarterly Q1 2010 – Q2 2016 
Table T1 
Average number of days from offence to completion, percentage of 
proceedings completed at first listing and average number of hearings for 
criminal cases at the magistrates' courts by initial plea, England and Wales, 
annually 2010 - 2015, quarterly Q2 2010 – Q2 2016 
Table T2 
Average number of days taken from offence to completion for all criminal 
cases at the magistrates' courts in England and Wales, annually 2010 - 
2015, quarterly Q2 2010 – Q2 2016 
Table T3 
Average number of days taken from offence to completion for all summary 
cases at the magistrates' courts in England and Wales, annually 2010 - 
2015, quarterly Q2 2010 – Q2 2016 
Table T4 
Average number of days taken from offence to completion for Crown Court 
criminal cases in England and Wales, annually 2010 - 2015, quarterly Q2 
2010 – Q2 2016 
Table T5 
Average number of days taken from offence to completion for criminal cases 
in England and Wales, annually 2010 - 2015, quarterly Q2 2010 – Q2 2016 
Table T6a 
Average number of days taken from offence to completion for all criminal 
cases by offence group, in England and Wales, Q1 2015 and Q2 2016 
Table T6b  
Average number of days taken from offence to completion for all criminal 
cases by offence group, in England and Wales, annually 2011 - 2015 
Table A1 
Enforcement of financial penalties in the magistrates' courts, England and 
Wales, annually 2004 - 2015, quarterly Q1 2010 – Q2 2016 
Table A2 
HMCTS management information: Financial impositions and amounts paid 
by imposition type, England and Wales, annual 2011 - 2015, quarterly Q2 
2011 – Q2 2016 

 
 
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Table A3 
HMCTS management information: Number of financial imposition accounts 
opened and closed, annually 2011 - 2015, quarterly Q2 2011 – Q2 2016 
Table A4 
HMCTS management information: Total amount of financial impositions 
outstanding, annually 2011 - 2015, quarterly Q2 2011 – Q2 2016 
Annex T2a 
Average number of days taken from offence to completion for all criminal 
cases at the magistrates' courts including those committed to the Crown 
Court, quarterly Q2 2010 – Q2 2016 
 
Annex T2b 
Average number of days taken from offence to completion for all criminal 
cases at the magistrates' courts excluding those committed to the Crown 
Court, quarterly Q2 2010 – Q2 2016 
 
Annex T3a 
Average number of days taken from offence to completion for all summary 
cases at the magistrates' courts including those committed to the Crown 
Court, quarterly Q2 2010 – Q2 2016 
 
Annex T3b 
Average number of days taken from offence to completion for all summary 
cases at the magistrates' courts excluding those committed to the Crown 
Court, quarterly Q2 2010 – Q2 2016 
 
Annex T4 
Average number of days taken from offence to completion for Crown Court 
criminal cases in England and Wales, quarterly Q2 2010 – Q2 2016 
 
Annex T5 
Average number of days taken from offence to completion for criminal 
cases, quarterly Q2 2010 – Q2 2016 
 
Annex T6a 
Average number of days taken from offence to completion for all criminal 
cases by offence group, quarterly Q2 2010 – Q2 2016 
 
Annex T6b 
Average number of days taken from offence to completion for all criminal 
cases by offence group, annually 2011 - 2015 
 
 
 
There are also a number of csv files that support this publication, these include: 
 National and court level workload activity and case progression data 
 National and court level timeliness data 
 
 

 
 
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Annex D: Explanatory notes  
The United Kingdom Statistics Authority has designated these statistics as National 
Statistics, in accordance with the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 and 
signifying compliance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics. Designation can 
be broadly interpreted to mean that the statistics: 
 meet identified user needs; 
 are well explained and readily accessible; 
 are produced according to sound methods, and 
 are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest.  
Once statistics have been designated as National Statistics, it is a statutory 
requirement that the Code of Practice shall continue to be observed. 
The statistics in this bulletin relate to cases in the magistrates’ courts and the Crown 
Court in England and Wales. Calendar year statistics are also provided. 
Breakdowns of many of the summary figures presented in this bulletin, such as split 
by court or by HMCTS area, are available in the Comma Separated Value (CSV) files 
that accompany this publication. 
 
Revisions 
 
The statistics in the latest quarter are provisional, and are therefore liable to revision 
to take account of any late amendments to the administrative databases from which 
these statistics are sourced. The standard process for revising the published statistics 
to account for these late amendments is as follows: 
 
 An initial revision to the statistics for the latest quarter may be made when the 
next edition of this bulletin is published. Further revisions may be made when 
the figures are reconciled at the end of the year. If revisions are needed in the 
subsequent year this will be clearly annotated in the tables. 
For more information please see the Guide to criminal court statistics. 
 
Symbols and conventions 
 
The following symbols have been used throughout the tables in this bulletin: 
..    
= Not applicable 
- 
= Not available 
0   
= Nil 
(r) 
= Revised data 
(p) 
= Provisional data 

 
 
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Previous editions 
 
Previous editions of Court Statistics Quarterly can be found at: 
www.gov.uk/government/collections/court-statistics-quarterly#court-statistics-
quarterly-reports 
 
Future publication 
 
The next publication of Criminal court statistics quarterly is scheduled to be published 
on 15 December 2016, covering the period July to September 2016.  
 
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