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Deaths in prison custody by prison, England and Wales

Deaths in each prison in England and Wales each year since 1978, all deaths and those self-inflicted, with the escort areas and the total, from HM Prison and Probation Service's safety in custody statistics.

Deaths in prison custody, all prisons

394

2025 · provisional

Verified against source, 30 October 2026, 11:45 UTC
Deaths in prison custody by prison, England and Wales
  • 2025: All deaths
  • 2025: Self-inflicted deaths
051015AldingtonAltcourse31Appleton ThornAshfield30AshfordAshwellAskham Grange00Aylesbury00Bedford10Belmarsh21Berwyn20Birmingham80Blantyre HouseBlundestonBrinsford10Bristol31Brixton20Bronzefield21Buckley Hall31Bullingdon41Bullwood HallBure20CanterburyCardiff11Channings Wood70Chelmsford31Coldingley00Cookham Wood20Dartmoor00Deerbolt31Doncaster111DorchesterDovegate51DoverDownview20Drake Hall00Durham11East Sutton Park00Eastwood Park00Edmunds HillErlestoke00EverthorpeExeter43Featherstone22Feltham00Five Wells30Ford00Forest Bank52Fosse Way70Foston Hall11Frankland113Full Sutton61Garth41Gartree101Gaynes HallGlen Parva00GloucesterGrendon/Spring Hill: Grendon00Grendon/Spring Hill: Spring Hill00Guys Marsh11HaslarHaverigg21Hewell41Hewell: BlakenhurstHewell: BrockhillHewell: Hewell GrangeHigh Down70Highpoint20Hindley21Hollesley Bay00HollowayHolme House71Hull33Humber11Huntercombe00Isis00Isle of Wight61IoW: AlbanyIoW: Camp HillIoW: ParkhurstKennetKingstonKirkham21Kirklevington10Lancaster CastleLancaster Farms10Latchmere HouseLeeds115Leicester00Lewes21Leyhill10Lincoln41Lindholme30Littlehey130Liverpool41Long Lartin73Low Newton11Lowdham Grange90Maidstone11Manchester43MedomsleyMillsike10Moorland50Moorland Open (Hatfield)00Morton Hall00Mount10New Hall10North Sea Camp20NorthallertonNortheyeNorthumberland60Northumberland: AcklingtonNorthumberland: CastingtonNorwich60Nottingham31Oakwood71Onley20OxfordParc70Pentonville74Peterborough Male50Peterborough Female20Portland10Preston41PucklechurchRanby50ReadingRisley61Rochester20Rye Hill70Send10Elmley62Standford Hill00Swaleside60Shepton MalletShrewsburyStafford61Stocken71Stoke Heath42Styal31Sudbury00Swansea53Swinfen Hall00Thameside51Thorn Cross10Usk\Prescoed00Usk\Prescoed: Prescoed00Usk\Prescoed: Usk10Verne30Wakefield91Wandsworth11Warren Hill10Wayland21Wealstun30WeareWellingboroughWerrington00Wetherby00Whatton60Whitemoor20Winchester52WoldsWoodhill30Wormwood Scrubs21Wymott91ESCORT AREAS00

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

Data table

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IoW: Parkhurst––––––––––––––––––––––––103010102021002030103100004100200021002111311151003100100042104220201030
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Kingston––––––––––––––––––––––––001020001000001100512031101140411000100000100000001111100011000010000000
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Wandsworth11837532975241501032531051020421035210741175214332418700321031004432203151313143208311413010628331
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Winchester521021624171315322517442303121202133301021305421535432654232001121102143220011100021421032002111
Wolds––––––––––––––––––––––0000001000210000000000002100211100002111002100––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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Wormwood Scrubs214063216322316321623111653100424353433143334111112121300021104420111121114242514331210021313211
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Grand Total394793429031197301773718931867300863259329573354124257902438921576192611925819858169611666118591153661757820896183951649514273146811499113483118681226511759108619348814171439751824982378146572159296527642761275821642772275916

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PassFigures are finite numbers16032 figures, 0 invalid
PassLive source matches every figure16032 of 16032 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches
PassGOV.UK table is currentlatest period 2025 ended 303 days before retrieval (limit 430), from Deaths in prison custody 1978 to 2025
PassTable 1.13's prisons add up to its grand totalin 48 of 48 cases the prisons and escort areas sum to the whole within 0 (48 exactly)
PassTable 1.11's prisons add up to its grand totalin 48 of 48 cases the prisons and escort areas sum to the whole within 0 (48 exactly)
PassTable 1.1 agrees96 of 96 figures match the deaths of males and females in Table 1.1
PassSelf-inflicted deaths sit within all deathsin 7968 of 7968 prison-years the self-inflicted deaths are no more than all deaths, and both tables mark the same years as not in operation
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Notes

  • Accredited official statistics from HM Prison and Probation Service's database of deaths in prison custody, published by the Ministry of Justice. A death is counted in the prison where it happened, or under the escort areas for a death while a prisoner was being moved. A prison shows no figure for a year it was not in operation. Deaths can be reclassified after an inquest, so earlier years are sometimes revised.
  • The numbers in one prison are small and move a good deal from year to year; the MoJ asks that they be read with the openings, closures and changes of role it lists, the latest of which are below.
  • If this subject affects you, Samaritans are there day or night, free on 116 123.
  • The MoJ marks 2021 as revised.
  • The MoJ marks 2022 as revised.
  • The MoJ marks 2023 as revised.
  • The MoJ marks 2024 as revised.
  • The MoJ marks 2025 as provisional.
  • Openings, closures and changes in the last ten years: Downview (May 2016): reopened as a female prison; Holloway (June 2016): closed; Kennet (December 2016): closed; Berwyn (February 2017): opened; Holme House (May 2017): changed from local to Cat C prison; Glen Parva (June 2017): closed; The Verne (December 2017): decommissioned places for detainees. Temporarily closed pending re-role; Birmingham (July 2019): changed from private to public; Five Wells (March 2022): opened; Fosse Way (May 2023): opened; Cookham Wood (August 2024): changed from YOI to male adult prison; Lowdham Grange (August 2024): changed from private to public; Millsike (April 2025): opened.