Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland's courts are run by the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service (NICTS). Figures are for Northern Ireland as a whole, calendar years.
182 days
Crown Court: average time from committal to start of trial or guilty plea, 2025
2024: 149 days
34,080
Adult defendants received by magistrates' courts, 2025
-10.8% vs 2024 (38,204)
86.1%
of Crown Court defendants disposed in 2025 pleaded guilty to all charges or were found guilty on at least one charge
1,456 of 1,691 · Court Day UK calculation from Table 6
Crown Court and magistrates' courts, 2024 and 2025
Tap the chart for a share image ↗ · figures in the table below
| Measure | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crown Court: cases received | 1,520 | 1,609 | +5.9% |
| Crown Court: cases disposed | 1,498 | 1,376 | -8.1% |
| Crown Court: defendants disposed | 1,822 | 1,691 | -7.2% |
| Crown Court: defendants pleading guilty to all charges | 398 | 386 | -3.0% |
| Crown Court: defendants pleading not guilty, found guilty on at least one charge | 1,187 | 1,070 | -9.9% |
| Crown Court: defendants acquitted on all charges | 231 | 234 | +1.3% |
| Magistrates' courts: adult defendants received | 38,204 | 34,080 | -10.8% |
| Magistrates' courts: adult defendants disposed | 36,610 | 33,307 | -9.0% |
| Magistrates' courts: youth defendants received | 1,082 | 1,054 | -2.6% |
| Crown Court: average days, committal to start of trial or guilty plea | 149 | 182 | +22.1% |
| Magistrates' courts: average weeks, summons or charge to disposal (adults) | 14.4 | 14.1 | -1.6% |
Not published
- Figures for individual courthouses or administrative court divisions are not in the published Judicial Statistics tables, so Court Day UK shows Northern Ireland as a whole.
- Open (outstanding) caseload is not published in the same way as England and Wales.
- Individual cases or names: never shown.