Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 8 Oct 2024 | Updated: 227 days ago
Documentation
Associated Media:
Description:
One record per defendant per case giving details of defendant characteristics, offence categorisation, court proceedings, and outcomes. Where multiple offence and disposal types were recorded for a case, only details of the most serious offence and most serious disposal are given (please note that as the linked criminal courts datasets provide information on only the most serious offence at the point of committal to court and sentencing, they may not include the full range of offending that may be attributable to defendants, and therefore restricts the ability of researchers to explore any associations and correlations between different types of offences within the cases being heard before the courts). The fields populated for appeals differ from other case types.
Coverage
Spatial:
United Kingdom,Wales; United Kingdom,England
Typical Age Range:
0-120
Follow Up:
Other
Pathway:
Individuals appearing as defendants in criminal cases dealt with by the Crown
Court in England and Wales. Companies appearing as defendants have been
excluded.
Provenance
Origin
Sources:
Other
Collection Situations:
Other
Temporal
Accrual Periodicity:
Daily
Start Date:
01 January 2013
End Date:
31 December 2020
Time Lag:
Less than 1 week
Accessibility
Access
Access Service:
Access for approved purposes and projects is to accredited researchers through
the ONS Secure Research Service (SRS). The application form is available on
gov.uk and governed by MoJ and HMCTS. Please see the application form guidance
and the Data First user guide for more information on the process. The SAIL
Databank is powered by the UK Secure e-Research Platform (UKSeRP). Following
approval through safeguard processes, access to project-specific data within the
secure environment is permitted using two-factor authentication.
Access Request Cost:
Data provision is free from SAIL. Overall project costing depends on the number
of people that require access to the SAIL Gateway, the activities that SAIL
needs to complete (e.g. loading non-standard datasets), data refreshes,
analytical work required, disclosure control process, and special case
technological requirements.
Delivery Lead Time:
Not applicable
Jurisdictions:
GB-WLS
Data Controller:
SAIL Databank
Data Processor:
SAIL Databank
Usage
Data Use Limitations:
General research use
Data Use Requirements:
- Project-specific restrictions
- Time limit on use
- User-specific restriction
Resource Creators:
Ministry of Justice
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
LOCAL
Languages:
en
Formats:
SQL Database Table
Observations
Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Events
Activities, Cases, and People
3000000
Count
31 January 2022