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The definitive guidelines for sentencing firearms offences were published on 9 December 2020 and come into force on 1 January 2021. The eight guidelines cover ...

This targeted data collection ran in two waves either side of the publication and launch of the Theft from a shop or stall definitive guideline.

The ...

The Council conducts targeted and bespoke data collections in magistrates’ courts and the Crown Court to gather detailed sentencing information to support guideline development and ...

On 1 December 2020 the Sentencing Code came into effect in England and Wales, consolidating existing sentencing procedure law into a single Sentencing Act.

The Code ...

These three short leaflets help explain how certain serious offences are sentenced. The Council produced the leaflets in partnership with the Family Liaison and Disaster ...

The Council collects data directly from courts, which we use to supplement information drawn from a wide range of criminal justice system administrative data sources.

The Council is supported in its work by the Office of the Sentencing Council (OSC), a small professional body of analysts, researchers and policy, legal ...

The Sentencing Council sits at the centre of the criminal justice system. The Council develops guidelines that reflect the laws that are decided by Parliament ...

For adults, all criminal cases begin in magistrates’ courts but some offences can be tried only in the Crown Court, some only in magistrates’ courts ...

The public sector equality duty (PSED) is set out in section 149 of the Equality Act 2010. It is a legal duty that requires public ...