Probation Board caseload fell by 7.3% to 5,270
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New official statistics published today by NISRA statisticians in the Probation Board for Northern Ireland present information on service users and caseload at 30 June 2026.
Key findings
At 30 June 2026:
- The caseload was 5,270 individual orders and licences, 7.3% lower than at 30 June 2025.
- The Probation Board for Northern Ireland supervised 3,818 service users, 5.2% fewer than at 30 June 2025.
- Determinate Custodial Sentences accounted for the largest proportion of the caseload, at 37.7%, followed by Probation Orders at 26.9%.
- Over one third (35.1%) of service users were aged 30 to 39.
- Just over one quarter (28.2%) of service users were assessed as high risk.
- There were 695 service users managed under the Public Protection Arrangements for Northern Ireland, representing 18.2% of all service users.
About this publication
This publication provides quarterly information on service users and individual orders and licences supervised by the Probation Board for Northern Ireland.
It also includes information on reports completed and victims registered between 1 April and 30 June 2026. These figures are provisional until the publication of the 2026/27 annual caseload report.
The Criminal Bar Association strike affected the number of new orders and licences commencing during quarter four 2025/26 and quarter one 2026/27, which in turn affected the overall caseload and number of service users supervised.
Further information
Read the full report and view data tables and background information: PBNI Quarterly Caseload Statistics Q1 2026-27