The following table gives figures for all prison establishments in England and Wales showing numbers on remand by (a) offence and (b) sex at end October 2008.
Remand All prisoners 13,598 Violence against the person 3,456 Sexual offences 950 Robbery 1,431 Burglary 1,524 Theft and Handling 1,046 Fraud and Forgery 506 Drug offences 1,779 Motoring offences 131 Other offences 1,980 Offence not recorded 795 All male prisoners 12,680 Violence against the person 3,263 Sexual offences 938 Robbery 1,373 Burglary 1,466 Theft and Handling 914 Fraud and Forgery 424 Drug offences 1,623 Motoring offences 130 Other offences 1,835 Offence not recorded 713 All female prisoners 918 Violence against the person 194 Sexual offences 12 Robbery 58 Burglary 59 Theft and Handling 132 Fraud and Forgery 82 Drug offences 155 Motoring offences 1 Other offences 145 Offence not recorded 82
These figures are taken from table 2 of the October 2008 Ministry of Justice monthly briefing to be found at the following website:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/populationincustody.htm
These figures 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.