County court claims, England and Wales

The latest quarter is provisional

Claims issued in the county court in England and Wales each quarter since 2009, by type – money, personal injury, other damages, possession, return of goods and other non-money claims – and in all, from the Ministry of Justice's civil justice statistics.

County court claims

571,250

Q2 2026 · 495,234 money claims

Verified against source, 4 November 2026, 01:59 UTC

County court claims, England and Wales

Money claims
Personal injury
Other damages
Possession
Return of goods
Other non-money
All claims

Source: Ministry of Justice. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data table

70 periods, newest first

Period	Money claims	Personal injury	Other damages	Possession	Return of goods	Other non-money	All claims
Q2 2026	495,234	11,229	15,243	28,867	3,303	17,374	571,250
Q1 2026	450,374	11,535	16,851	27,907	3,085	17,986	527,738
Q4 2025	393,041	10,257	12,509	25,906	2,470	16,717	460,900
Q3 2025	400,160	11,769	17,418	29,510	2,429	18,453	479,739
Q2 2025	437,957	11,701	15,871	28,891	2,418	16,942	513,780
Q1 2025	408,672	14,773	16,514	30,731	2,819	17,017	490,526
Q4 2024	362,691	15,904	11,942	30,085	2,504	16,456	439,582
Q3 2024	383,425	16,013	8,739	31,929	2,389	18,042	460,537
Q2 2024	342,244	15,984	7,088	29,839	2,761	17,579	415,495
Q1 2024	343,033	14,303	9,089	30,051	2,460	16,813	415,749
Q4 2023	335,691	12,743	8,706	27,759	2,132	16,228	403,259
Q3 2023	369,258	17,826	12,041	29,110	2,619	17,720	448,574
Q2 2023	352,190	13,602	8,154	26,517	2,575	16,348	419,386
Q1 2023	371,059	17,039	6,943	27,424	2,879	18,631	443,975
Q4 2022	295,640	16,733	6,869	23,620	2,652	17,577	363,091
Q3 2022	317,473	21,436	5,678	24,688	3,225	17,777	390,277
Q2 2022	299,967	25,208	7,998	21,671	2,879	17,248	374,971
Q1 2022	340,247	18,104	7,827	21,920	2,816	19,593	410,507
Q4 2021	309,037	19,023	12,086	17,006	2,385	20,298	379,835
Q3 2021	332,328	21,262	13,524	13,034	2,162	22,029	404,339
Q2 2021	331,131	21,509	9,332	9,496	1,524	21,676	394,668
Q1 2021	339,823	24,594	8,743	7,111	1,430	21,820	403,521
Q4 2020	335,311	24,388	7,125	8,633	1,202	23,055	399,714
Q3 2020	222,347	32,530	5,492	4,065	1,025	23,907	289,366
Q2 2020	77,016	16,309	3,232	3,184	701	17,366	117,808
Q1 2020	400,146	26,530	3,695	29,346	2,470	27,113	489,300
Q4 2019	384,368	26,941	3,303	31,697	2,480	27,737	476,526
Q3 2019	448,716	28,838	3,002	35,412	2,867	31,059	549,894
Q2 2019	369,259	28,072	2,795	32,871	3,041	29,269	465,307
Q1 2019	435,511	29,803	2,982	36,507	3,000	29,728	537,531
Q4 2018	436,395	28,387	2,713	34,430	2,586	28,687	533,198
Q3 2018	411,203	30,508	1,987	36,558	3,478	29,279	513,013
Q2 2018	391,942	31,679	2,316	33,892	2,917	30,455	493,201
Q1 2018	427,873	33,531	1,906	36,340	2,641	32,254	534,545
Q4 2017	307,190	35,068	2,003	35,560	2,183	32,389	414,393
Q3 2017	444,609	38,071	2,000	38,926	2,390	34,125	560,121
Q2 2017	457,476	33,179	1,863	37,263	2,318	33,134	565,233
Q1 2017	392,763	35,887	1,854	40,730	2,381	35,084	508,699
Q4 2016	369,163	32,082	1,762	35,719	2,013	32,065	472,804
Q3 2016	386,846	34,759	1,791	38,891	1,709	31,910	495,906
Q2 2016	296,566	34,424	2,285	38,430	1,516	30,139	403,360
Q1 2016	321,473	32,617	1,845	42,785	1,284	30,212	430,216
Q4 2015	285,987	37,292	1,978	40,946	1,200	30,971	398,374
Q3 2015	285,260	35,151	1,933	43,674	933	32,538	399,489
Q2 2015	260,831	33,976	1,745	41,060	971	28,595	367,178
Q1 2015	280,163	36,305	2,459	47,863	1,122	29,112	397,024
Q4 2014	277,016	34,567	2,289	46,156	740	27,375	388,143
Q3 2014	295,439	33,546	2,244	50,583	921	28,089	410,822
Q2 2014	261,922	30,819	2,128	49,275	806	25,940	370,890
Q1 2014	302,261	32,509	2,326	59,914	1,206	26,525	424,741
Q4 2013	254,000	33,262	2,528	56,252	1,207	27,221	374,470
Q3 2013	234,758	35,541	2,768	58,790	1,358	29,161	362,376
Q2 2013	230,938	36,307	3,178	52,174	1,319	27,130	351,046
Q1 2013	225,501	41,757	4,917	56,894	1,324	27,054	357,447
Q4 2012	213,199	38,999	3,668	53,064	1,287	27,047	337,264
Q3 2012	242,741	39,065	4,141	53,115	1,313	28,593	368,968
Q2 2012	209,691	38,010	4,077	49,170	1,528	25,712	328,188
Q1 2012	229,191	30,570	14,057	55,527	1,802	28,663	359,810
Q4 2011	225,422	28,068	14,678	50,996	1,871	27,649	348,684
Q3 2011	272,001	30,262	14,972	56,202	1,740	29,716	404,893
Q2 2011	231,309	26,782	16,630	51,447	1,645	24,469	352,282
Q1 2011	267,147	25,470	21,372	56,619	1,725	26,051	398,384
Q4 2010	257,649	21,920	23,588	51,393	1,695	24,522	380,767
Q3 2010	269,957	22,410	28,844	54,986	1,756	26,392	404,345
Q2 2010	252,809	20,855	27,398	49,890	2,322	24,362	377,636
Q1 2010	260,183	19,367	26,200	54,123	2,615	25,390	387,878
Q4 2009	301,592	18,778	25,593	50,729	2,606	24,648	423,946
Q3 2009	327,156	18,741	28,474	59,117	2,606	26,397	462,491
Q2 2009	301,741	12,642	31,540	59,004	2,617	24,353	431,897
Q1 2009	350,643	9,802	33,399	61,275	2,440	27,328	484,887

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Verification

Verified against source, 4 November 2026, 01:59 UTC Run at 4 November 2026, 01:59 UTC; 490 of 490 figures matched the live source.

Result	Check	Detail
Pass	Provenance recorded	Ministry of Justice; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-04T01:56:17Z; 2 raw file(s)
Pass	Raw files match recorded SHA-256	2 of 2 files intact
Pass	Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures	490 of 490 figures and the headline reproduced
Pass	Figures are finite numbers	490 figures, 0 invalid
Pass	Live source matches every figure	490 of 490 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches
Pass	GOV.UK table is current	latest period 2026-06-30 ended 127 days before retrieval (limit 200), from Civil Justice Statistics Quarterly: April to June 2026 Accessible Tables
Pass	The release's bulletin agrees	2 of 2 figures the bulletin https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-justice-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2026/civil-justice-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2026 states match, each rounded half up as it rounds them
Pass	Table 1.2's claims add up	375 of 375 cases of Table 1.2's periods and totals with every part given sum to the total
Pass	Table 1.1 equals Table 1.2	96 of 96 cases of the periods give Table 1.1's total claims as Table 1.2's
Pass	Source page answers	https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/civil-justice-statistics-quarterly – HTTP 200

Notes

Claims issued by type, as Table 1.2 gives them. Money claims are for a fixed or unspecified sum, mostly debts; possession claims are mortgage and landlord claims for possession of a home, counted here as the county court counts them, which differs from the hub's page of possession claims. The latest quarter is provisional.