United Kingdom

Capital city — London

Country population
62,700,000
There are 62.7 mi…
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09/2025
/ England and Wales, World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
142
In August 2025, t…
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08/2025
/ England and Wales, World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary monarchy
Human Development Index
0.946
(13/193)
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2023
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.88
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2025
/ in England and Wales, Office for National Statistics
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
three distinct administrations
England and Wales…
Total number of incarcerated people
88,424
88,424 people wer…
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01/09/2025
/ England and Wales, World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
7.8
In 2023, the aver…
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2024
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2024, table 31.
Prison density
108 %
The prison densit…
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07/2025
/ England and Wales, World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
121
121 facilities in…
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2025
/ in England and Wales, World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes
in March 2009
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
4.1 %
There are 3,588 (…
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09/2025
/ in England and Wales, World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
0.5 %
There are 0,5% in…
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06/2025
/ in England and Wales, World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
20.3 %
There are 17,701…
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06/2025
/ in England and Wales, World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes
since 1998

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