The latest electronic monitoring statistics have now been published.

This is the first quarterly publication that has been produced and contains details of the number of individuals in England and Wales with an active electronic tag fitted, the numbers of new notification orders and the number of completed orders. It also contains details of the number of individuals with an alcohol monitoring tag and the numbers monitored under the acquisitive crime pilot.

Key highlights

• Between 30 September 2021 and 30 September 2022, the number of individuals actively monitored increased, with 14,996 individuals actively monitored at 30 September 2022.
• This increase was driven by extensions to the use of location (GPS) monitoring tags for new offender cohorts, particularly for immigration bail, as well as the continued roll-out of alcohol monitoring tags.
• Over the same period, the number of individuals actively monitored and whose primary order type was a court sentence has decreased by 48%.
• This decrease began from April 2022 and is likely to be associated with mandating domestic abuse and safeguarding checks in all cases where electronic monitoring is proposed, which was introduced from April 2022.
• Court bail orders remain the largest cohort of individuals actively monitored by an electronic monitoring device, accounting for 40% (5,979) of the caseload as at 30 September 2022.
• The use of electronic monitoring for those on court bail increased sharply in early 2020 in response to the covid pandemic’s impact on the courts, and although numbers appeared to be slowly decreasing in 2021, the number is now at a record level.
• In the year ending 30 September 2022, there were 55,010 new order notifications, a 1% decrease compared to the year ending 30 September 2021.
• However, in the same period there were 52,167 completed orders, a 5% decrease on the previous period. This, together with the increasing caseload, indicates orders are on average lasting longer.

The next quarterly publication is due to be published in January 2023.