Safer Communities and Justice Statistics Monthly Data Report June 2026
This report contains summary statistics covering a number of important justice and safer communities areas. It is updated with the most recently published statistics every month.
Statistics on criminal justice journey times (police known date to verdict)
* New * Median journey times decreased in 2024-25. Median journey times decreased in all court types in 2024-25 when compared to 2023-24. There were decreases of 4% in High Court (from 890 to 858 days), 5% in Sheriff solemn court (from 539 to 510 days), 5% in Sheriff summary court (from 223 to 212 days) and 6% in Justice of the Peace court (from 278 to 261 days).
Chart 11: Median time (in days) from police known to verdict by court type, 2017-18 to 2024-25.
* New * The time associated with different parts of an accused person’s journey in the justice system varies depending on the type of court their case is allocated. As in previous years, the key factor influencing the overall journey time in solemn courts is the time from when the case is reported to COPFS to when it is registered in court. Compared to 2023-24, in 2024-25, median COPFS report to court registration time decreased by 1 day (0%) in High Court and increased by 6 days (2%) in Sheriff solemn court. Compared to 2023-24, in 2024-25, median court registration to verdict time decreased by 4% in High Court (to 10 months) and decreased by 20% to 91 days in Sheriff solemn court. As in previous years, the key factor influencing the overall journey time in Sheriff summary court, is the time from court registration to verdict. In 2024 25 the median court registration to verdict time was around 4 months.
Chart 12: Median time (in days) for stages of the justice process in High court, by financial year, 2017-18 to 2024-25.
Chart 13: Median time (in days) for stages of the justice process in Sheriff summary court, by financial year, 2017-18 to 2024-25.
* New * There were differences in accused persons’ journey times depending on the type of crime on registration. The longest journey times are for case accused charged with at least one sexual crime and a verdict issued in High court. In 2024-25, the median journey time in these situations was 2 years and 11 months. This is an increase of 2% (22 days) from 2023-24.
* New * In the majority of crime types, median journey times decreased in 2024-25 compared to 2023-24. However, there was an increase in median journey times in the latest financial year for: Rape & attempted rape (+4%), Other sexual crimes (+20%), Shoplifting (+1%), Fraud (+2%), Fire-raising (+6%), Vandalism (+4%), Crimes against public justice (+15%) and Other crimes against society (+10%).
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