Figures showing the numbers of prisoners serving sentences in all prison establishments in England and Wales by offence group and in the sentence length bands requested can be found in the following table.
I refer also to the Offender Management Caseload Statistics, 2007, published on 30 October, copies of which have been placed in the House of Commons Library. This will provide additional context to the statistics supplied in the answer.
The breakdowns in the table for the years 2002-06 are further breakdowns of tables to be found in earlier editions of the Offender Management Caseload Statistics (table 8.12 for 2006) and Prison Statistics for England and Wales. Data are not available to provide equivalent further breakdowns for the years 1998 to 2001, and the statistics provided for these years are therefore taken from the annual published table in Prison Statistics for England and Wales.
The figures provided have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.
All sentence lengths All within requested range (a) Less than one month (b) One month and less than three months (c) Three months and less than six months (d) Six months less than 12 months 2007 All 65,533 7,626 337 1,231 3,597 2,462 Violence against the person 17,616 1,458 54 209 767 428 Sexual offences 7,336 102 9 14 26 54 Robbery 8,747 264 41 53 88 81 Burglary 7,920 643 44 73 254 272 Then and handling 3,706 1,720 73 303 819 526 Fraud and forgery 1,738 477 5 25 160 287 Drug offences 10,613 231 20 35 82 94 Motoring offences 1,484 891 8 109 587 187 Other offences 5,991 1,761 74 397 789 501 Offence not recorded 383 80 8 15 26 32 2006 All 63,404 8,484 363 1,461 4,136 2,525 Violence against the person 16,215 1,608 66 257 862 423 Sexual offences 6,598 125 9 15 41 60 Robbery 8,415 215 37 37 67 75 Burglary 7,791 677 33 85 280 279 Theft and handling 4,125 2,077 71 398 996 611 Fraud and forgery 1,692 444 4 38 145 257 Drug offences 10,647 250 24 48 93 85 Motoring offences 1,920 1,305 9 190 879 227 Other offences 5,594 1,689 104 381 752 452 Offence not recorded 408 96 5 13 21 67 2005 All 62,179 8,234 391 1,491 4,127 2,225 Violence against the person 15,178 1,571 57 281 846 386 Sexual offences 6,185 127 13 10 47 56 Robbery 8,378 179 35 30 63 51 Burglary 8,082 600 44 73 274 209 Theft and handling 4,126 1,977 81 441 924 531 Fraud and forgery 1,454 393 4 42 139 208 Drug offences 10,661 251 34 39 92 86 Motoring offences 2,163 1,472 12 229 1.052 179 Other offences 5,289 1,517 103 336 637 441 Offence not recorded 664 148 8 10 53 77 2004 All 60,924 8,057 373 1,439 3,939 2,306 Violence against the person 13,974 1,406 81 234 696 395 Sexual offences 5,773 103 5 12 38 47 Robbery 8,448 184 29 39 62 54 Burglary 8,643 698 40 72 269 317 Theft and handling 4,404 2,046 87 431 922 607 Fraud and forgery 1,147 336 3 40 172 121 Drug offences 10,486 203 19 37 76 71 Motoring offences 2,403 1,619 19 277 1,140 184 Other offences 4,842 1,280 81 279 501 420 Offence not recorded 803 182 10 20 63 90 2003 All 59,393 8,178 337 1,469 4,163 2,209 Violence against the person 12,986 1,156 58 204 581 313 Sexual offences 5.540 91 5 16 30 41 Robbery 8,286 180 36 45 48 51 Burglary 8,816 700 38 75 282 305 Theft and handling 4,651 2,292 84 457 1,114 637 Fraud and forgery 1,022 284 6 37 156 85 Drug offences 10,330 253 28 37 86 102 Motoring offences 2,689 2,000 22 351 1,362 265 Other offences 4,186 1,038 56 225 438 319 Offence not recorded 886 185 6 21 65 93 2002 All 57,272 7,796 337 1,319 3,791 2,349 Violence against the person 12,212 1,079 45 162 511 362 Sexual offences 5,294 87 1 16 25 46 Robbery 7,522 214 48 38 58 71 Burglary 9,156 805 48 58 306 393 Theft and handling 4,739 2,299 94 461 1,077 667 Fraud and forgery 1,040 258 5 45 125 83 Drug offences 10,067 244 22 26 81 115 Motoring offences 2,259 1,674 17 293 1,140 225 Other offences 3,911 887 50 197 387 253 Offence not recorded 1,072 248 9 25 81 134
1— Up to and including 3 months Over 3 months up to and including 6 months Over 6 months less than 12 months 2001 All 54,169 8,542 2,428 3,958 2,156 Violence against the person 11,637 1,160 262 541 357 Rape 2,760 9 5 1 3 Other Sexual offences 2,304 72 9 30 33 Robbery 6,813 199 46 73 80 Burglary 8,515 765 106 299 360 Theft and handling 4,584 2,215 515 1,111 589 Fraud and forgery 1.020 283 59 145 79 Drug offences 9,068 262 73 92 97 Other offences 6,581 3,357 1,317 1,587 453 Offence not recorded 887 220 36 79 105 2000 All 53,093 8,792 2,049 4,338 2,405 Violence against the person 11,217 1,162 288 553 321 Rape 2,702 12 9 3 0 Other Sexual offences 2,388 112 18 46 48 Robbery 6,353 193 54 74 65 Burglary 8,982 898 135 372 391 Theft and handling 5,044 2,580 640 1,184 756 Fraud and forgery 1,016 282 69 127 86 Drug offences 8,473 324 78 117 129 Other offences 6,051 2,954 721 1,745 488 Offence not recorded 866 275 37 117 121 1999 All 51,293 7,380 1,650 3,540 2,190 Violence against the person 10,858 1,006 214 460 332 Rape 2,576 0 0 0 0 Other Sexual offences 2,370 122 9 38 75 Robbery 6,331 86 14 39 33 Burglary 8,780 791 97 334 360 Theft and handling 4,411 2,068 529 945 594 Fraud and forgery 1,104 283 44 142 97 Drug offences 8,169 279 45 100 134 Other offences 5,398 2,538 669 1,416 453 Offence not recorded 1,296 207 29 66 112 1998 All 52,159 7,610 1,500 3,599 2,511 Violence against the person 10,944 1,049 217 504 328 Rape 2,373 0 0 0 0 Other Sexual offences 2,422 124 13 55 56 Robbery 6,626 117 16 53 48 Burglary 8,656 770 101 287 382 Theft and handling 4,492 1,928 389 895 644 Fraud and forgery 1,199 321 59 130 132 Drug offences 7,893 409 41 157 211 Other offences 5,425 2,555 631 1,390 534 Offence not recorded 2,129 336 33 128 175 1 Data unavailable to provide further breakdown