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Crown Court backlog nears record 80k cases
Western Morning News
|December 19, 2025
THE backlog at crown courts in England and Wales has risen to nearly 80,000 cases, a new record.
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Data published yesterday showed the open caseload was 79,619 at the end of September, up 2% from 78,096 at the end of June. It is also up 9% from the same point a year earlier, according to Ministry of Justice figures.
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