England and Wales prison escapes 2024| Statista

In 2023/24, there were nine prisoner escapes recorded in England and Wales, compared with eight in 2022/23. During the provided time period, the reporting year with the highest number of prisoner escapes was 1996/97 when there were 131.

Number of prisoner escapes from prison establishments and prison escorts in England and Wales from 1995/96 to 2023/24

Characteristic	Number of escapes
1995/96	125
1996/97	131
1997/98	105
1998/99	90
1999/00	97
2000/01	77
2001/02	66
2002/03	51
2003/04	49
2004/05	48
2005/06	28
2006/07	27
2007/08	22
2008/09	20
2009/10	17
2010/11	12
2011/12	18
2012/13	11
2013/14	13
2014/15	13
2015/16	13
2016/17	15
2017/18	13
2018/19	9
2019/20	16
2020/21	5
2021/22	12
2022/23	8
2023/24	9

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Release date

July 2024

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United Kingdom (England, Wales)

Survey time period

April 1, 1995 to March 31, 2024

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This statistic uses original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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