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Criminal legal aid at police stations and magistrates' courts, England and Wales

Crime lower legal aid work – advice at police stations, representation in the magistrates' courts and prison law – in England and Wales each quarter since April to June 2011, from the Ministry of Justice's legal aid statistics.

Crime lower work

257,642

Q2 2026

Verified against source, 4 November 2026, 01:59 UTC
Crime lower work
0100k200k300k400kQ2 2011Q4 2013Q2 2016Q4 2018Q2 2021Q4 2023Q2 2026258k

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

Data table

61 periods, newest first

PeriodCrime lower work
Q2 2026257,642
Q1 2026260,479
Q4 2025248,046
Q3 2025251,012
Q2 2025243,000
Q1 2025252,309
Q4 2024244,864
Q3 2024248,498
Q2 2024241,124
Q1 2024243,234
Q4 2023235,051
Q3 2023241,610
Q2 2023219,865
Q1 2023211,357
Q4 2022207,539
Q3 2022217,592
Q2 2022212,261
Q1 2022211,279
Q4 2021206,904
Q3 2021210,166
Q2 2021211,901
Q1 2021212,849
Q4 2020214,938
Q3 2020209,722
Q2 2020175,315
Q1 2020220,503
Q4 2019218,557
Q3 2019223,007
Q2 2019222,260
Q1 2019225,686
Q4 2018221,176
Q3 2018226,215
Q2 2018226,495
Q1 2018226,658
Q4 2017225,927
Q3 2017238,296
Q2 2017242,077
Q1 2017245,405
Q4 2016239,256
Q3 2016248,363
Q2 2016251,578
Q1 2016255,484
Q4 2015255,439
Q3 2015259,413
Q2 2015265,687
Q1 2015277,044
Q4 2014275,232
Q3 2014289,748
Q2 2014287,582
Q1 2014298,833
Q4 2013295,557
Q3 2013306,475
Q2 2013302,653
Q1 2013306,441
Q4 2012300,415
Q3 2012319,846
Q2 2012307,707
Q1 2012328,334
Q4 2011324,233
Q3 2011348,856
Q2 2011330,846

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Source and licence

Publisher
Ministry of Justice
Check it yourself
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/legal-aid-statistics
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Retrieved
4 November 2026, 01:56 UTC
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Verification

Verified against source, 4 November 2026, 01:59 UTC Run at 4 November 2026, 01:59 UTC; 61 of 61 figures matched the live source.

ResultCheckDetail
PassProvenance recordedMinistry of Justice; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-04T01:56:19Z; 2 raw file(s)
PassRaw files match recorded SHA-2562 of 2 files intact
PassRe-parsing raw files reproduces figures61 of 61 figures and the headline reproduced
PassFigures are finite numbers61 figures, 0 invalid
PassLive source matches every figure61 of 61 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches
PassGOV.UK table is currentlatest period 2026-06-30 ended 127 days before retrieval (limit 200), from Accessible Legal aid statistics England and Wales tables Apr to Jun 2026
Not runSecond official routethe second route is not compared: the Legal Aid Agency's main data CSV gives the same volumes but is 38.7 MB a run for one series, and on 26 October 2026 it differed from Table 1.1 in two recent quarters (250,954 against 251,012, and 257,304 against 257,642)
PassSource page answershttps://www.gov.uk/government/collections/legal-aid-statistics – HTTP 200

Notes

  • Crime lower total volume as Table 1.1 gives it: the claims the Legal Aid Agency received for work at police stations, in the magistrates' courts and on prison law. Quarters are the Ministry of Justice's, shown by the calendar months they cover; recent quarters are revised as late claims come in.