Conviction Statistics: Adults

• 1. Contact

  • 1.1. Contact organisation

    • National Statistics Institute of Spain

  • 1.5. Contact mail address

    • Avenida de Manoteras 50-52 - 28050 Madrid

• 2. Metadata update

  • 2.1. Metadata last certified

    • 18/09/2025

  • 2.2. Metadata last posted

    • 18/09/2025

  • 2.3. Metadata last update

    • 18/09/2025

• 3. Statistical presentation

  • 3.1. Data description

    • The Conviction Statistics: Adults, provides annual data on the socio-demographic characteristics of adult convicted persons (18 and over) by final judgement, as well as additional information on crimes and penalties imposed. In addition, more detailed information on sexual offences is provided.

      This is a statistic whose source of information is the Central Register of Convicted Persons and the Central Register of Sex Offenders, belonging to the Ministry of Justice, and the information refers to the sentencing notes in final judgement, recorded in both registers throughout the reference year.

      Main socio-demographic characteristics investigated about the convicted person: sex, age and nationality of the offender.

  • 3.2. Classification system
    • • Comunidades y Ciudades Autónomas

        • 01   Andalucía 02   Aragón 03   Asturias, Principado de 04   Balears, Illes 05   Canarias 06   Cantabria 07   Castilla y León 08   Castilla - La Mancha 09   Cataluña 10   Comunitat Valenciana 11   Extremadura 12   Galicia 13   Madrid, Comunidad de 14   Murcia, Región de 15   Navarra, Comunidad Foral de 16   País Vasco 17   Rioja, La 18   Ceuta 19   Melilla

      • Delitos

        • 1   Homicidio y sus formas      1.1   Homicidio      1.2   Asesinato      1.3   Homicidio por imprudencia      1.4   Inducción al suicidio 2   Aborto 3   Lesiones 4   Lesiones al feto 5   Manipulación genética 6   Contra la libertad      6.1   Detenciones ilegales y secuestro      6.2   Amenazas      6.3   Coacciones y detenciones ilegales 7   Torturas e integridad moral      7.1   Trato degradante y violencia      7.2   Tortura      7.3   Otros 7 BIS   Trata de seres humanos 8   Contra la libertad e indemnidad sexuales      8.1   Agresiones sexuales      8.2   Abusos sexuales      8.2 BIS   Abusos y agresiones sexuales a menores de 16 años      8.3   Acoso sexual      8.4   Exhibicionismo y provocación sexual      8.5   Prostitución y corrupción de menores 9   Omisión del deber de socorro 10   Contra la intimidad, derecho a la propia imagen      10.1   Descubrimiento y revelación de secretos      10.2   Allanamiento de morada 11   Contra el honor      11.1   Calumnias      11.2   Injurias 12   Contra las relaciones familiares      12.1   Matrimonios ilegales      12.2   Suposición de parto y alteración de la paternidad      12.3   Contra los derechos y deberes familiares            12.3.1   Quebrantamiento de los deberes de custodia            12.3.2   Sustracción de menores            12.3.3   Abandono de familia      12.99   Otros delitos contra las relaciones familiares 13   Contra el patrimonio y el orden socioeconómico      13.1   Hurtos      13.2   Robos            13.2.1   Robo con violencia            13.2.2   Robo con fuerza      13.3   Extorsión      13.4   Robo y hurto de uso de vehículo      13.5   Usurpación      13.6   Defraudaciones            13.6.1   Estafas            13.6.2 BIS   Apropiación indebida            13.6.3   Defraudaciones de fluido eléctrico            13.7 BIS   Insolvencias punibles      13.8   Alteración de precios en concursos y subastas públicas      13.9   Daños      13.11   Propiedad intelectual e industrial      13.12   Sustracción de cosa propia      13.13   Delitos societarios      13.14   Receptación y blanqueo de capitales      13.99   Otros delitos contra el patrimonio y el orden socioeconómico 14   Contra la Hacienda Pública y Seguridad Social 15   Contra los derechos de los trabajadores 15 BIS   Contra los derechos de los ciudadanos extranjeros 16   Ordenación del territorio, urbanismo, protección del patrimonio histórico y medio ambiente      16.1   Ordenación del territorio y el urbanismo      16.2   Patrimonio histórico      16.3   Recursos naturales y medio ambiente      16.4   Protección de flora, fauna y animales domésticos 17   Contra la seguridad colectiva      17.1   Delitos de riesgo catastrófico      17.2   Incendios      17.3   Contra la salud pública      17.4   Contra la seguridad vial      17.99   Otros delitos contra la seguridad colectiva 18   Falsedades      18.1   Falsificación de moneda y efectos timbrados      18.2   Falsedades documentales            18.2.1   Falsificación documentos públicos            18.2.2   Falsificación documentos privados            18.2.3   Falsificación de certificados            18.2.4   Falsificación de tarjetas de crédito      18.3   Fabricación o tenencia de útiles para falsificación      18.4   Usurpación del estado civil      18.5   Usurpación de funciones públicas      18.99   Otros delitos de las falsedades 19   Contra la Administración Pública      19.1   Prevaricación de los funcionarios públicos      19.2   Abandono destino      19.3   Desobediencia y denegación auxilio      19.4   Infidelidad custodia documentos      19.5   Cohecho      19.6   Tráfico influencias      19.7   Malversación      19.8   Fraudes y exacciones ilegales      19.9   Negociaciones prohibidas a los funcionarios      19.99   Otros delitos contra la Administración Pública 20   Contra la Administración de Justicia      20.1   Prevaricación      20.2   Omisión de los deberes de impedir delitos      20.3   Encubrimiento      20.4   Realización arbitraria del propio derecho      20.5   Acusación y denuncia falsa            20.5.1   Acusación y denuncias falsas            20.5.2   Simulación del delito      20.6   Falso testimonio      20.7   Obstrucción a la justicia      20.8   Quebrantamiento de condena      20.9   Contra la Administración de Justicia de la Corte Penal Internacional      20.99   Otros delitos contra la Administración de Justicia 21   Contra la Constitución      21.1   Rebelión      21.2   Contra la Corona      21.3   Contra las Instituciones del Estado      21.4   Ejercicio de los derechos fundamentales      21.5   Cometidos por funcionarios contra libertad individual      21.6   Ultrajes a España 22   Contra el orden público      22.1   Sedición      22.2   Atentados contra la autoridad y de la resistencia y desobediencia            22.2.1   Atentados contra la autoridad            22.2.2   Resistencia y desobediencia      22.3   Desórdenes públicos      22.5   Tenencia, tráfico, depósito de armas y explosivos      22.6   Organizaciones y grupos criminales      22.7   Organizaciones y grupos terroristas y delitos de terrorismo      22.99   Otros delitos contra el orden público 23   Traición, contra la paz y defensa nacional 23.1   Traición      23.2   Que comprometen la paz o independencia del Estado      23.3   Descubrimiento y revelación de secretos 24   Contra la Comunidad Internacional      24.1   Contra el derecho de gentes      24.2   Genocidio      24.2 BIS   Lesa humanidad      24.3   Contra las personas y bienes protegidos L1   Ley Orgánica de Represión del Contrabando L2   Ley Orgánica del Régimen Electoral General L3   Ley Penal y Procesal de la Navegación aérea R   Resto de delitos

      • Duración 2

        • Y0T2   De 0 a 2 años Y-GT2T5   De más de 2 años a 5 años Y-GT5   Mas de 5 años

      • Grado de comisión

        • 1   Consumación 2   Tentativa 3   Conspiración O   Otras

      • Grupos de edad 12

        • Y18T20   De 18 a 20 años Y21T25   De 21 a 25 años Y26T30   De 26 a 30 años Y31T35   De 31 a 35 años Y36T40   De 36 a 40 años Y41T50   De 41 a 50 años Y51T60   De 51 a 60 años Y61T70   De 61 a 70 años Y-GT70   Más de 70 años

      • Nacionalidad

        • 1   Española 2   Extranjera   .

      • Nacionalidad 4

        • 1   Española 2.11   De la Unión Europea sin España 2.12   Del resto de Europa 2.02   De África 2.03   De América 2.04   De Asia 2.05   De Oceanía

      • Número de delitos

        • 1   Condenados con un delito 2   Condenados con dos delitos 3   Condenados con tres delitos 4   Condenados con más de tres delitos

      • Número de delitos 1

        • 1   Condenados con un delito 2T4   Condenados con dos o más delitos

      • Número de penas

        • 1   Condenados con una pena 2   Condenados con dos penas 3   Condenados con tres penas 4   Condenados con cuatro penas 5   Condenados con cinco penas 6   Condenados con más de cinco penas

      • Número de penas 1

        • 1   Condenados con una pena 2T6   Condenados con dos o más penas

      • Penas

        • 1   Penas privativas de libertad      1.1   Prisión      1.2   Responsabilidad personal subsidiaria      1.3   Localización permanente      1.4   Arresto domiciliario 2   Penas privativas de otros derechos      2.1   Inhabilitación absoluta      2.2   Inhabilitación especial para empleo      2.3   Suspensión de empleo o cargo público      2.4   Privación del derecho de conducir vehículos      2.5   Privación del derecho de tenencia de armas      2.6   Privación del derecho a residir en determinados lugares      2.7   Prohibición de aproximarse a la víctima      2.8   Prohibición de comunicarse con la víctima      2.9   Trabajos en beneficio de la comunidad 3   Multa 4   Expulsión del territorio nacional

      • Provincias

        • 02   Albacete 03   Alicante/Alacant 04   Almería 01   Araba/Álava 33   Asturias 05   Ávila 06   Badajoz 07   Balears, Illes 08   Barcelona 48   Bizkaia 09   Burgos 10   Cáceres 11   Cádiz 39   Cantabria 12   Castellón/Castelló 13   Ciudad Real 14   Córdoba 15   Coruña, A 16   Cuenca 20   Gipuzkoa 17   Girona 18   Granada 19   Guadalajara 21   Huelva 22   Huesca 23   Jaén 24   León 25   Lleida 27   Lugo 28   Madrid 29   Málaga 30   Murcia 31   Navarra 32   Ourense 34   Palencia 35   Palmas, Las 36   Pontevedra 26   Rioja, La 37   Salamanca 38   Santa Cruz de Tenerife 40   Segovia 41   Sevilla 42   Soria 43   Tarragona 44   Teruel 45   Toledo 46   Valencia/València 47   Valladolid 49   Zamora 50   Zaragoza 51   Ceuta 52   Melilla

      • Sexo

        • 1   Hombres 2   Mujeres

  • 3.3. Sector coverage

    • The statistics cover all the sentencing notes in final judgement entered in both registers during the reference year.

  • 3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions
    • • Age

        • Age in years refers to the number of birthdays reached by the reference date, in other words, the age last birthday.

      • Citizenship

        • Citizenship is defined as the particular legal bond between an individual and his/her State,, acquired by birth or naturalisation, whether by declaration, option, marriage or other means according to the national legislation.

      • Convicted person

        • Person aged 18 years old or more who has been convicted in one or more judgments for one or more crimes during the reference period.

      • Crime

        • Pursuant to article 10 of the Criminal Code, willful or negligent acts or omissions are crimes or misdemeanours punishable by law.

      • Date of commission of the offense

        • It is the reference date on which the age of the convicts is calculated.

      • Degree of commission

        • Each of the different instances (or states of execution) that crimes might have, which it can be classified as a consummation or tentative degree.

      • Judgment

        • The judgment is a resolution passed by a judge or a court which ultimately decides the lawsuit or cause in any instance or appeal, or when, in accordance with procedural law, they must take this form. In civil law the judgment declares or recognises the rights of one of the parties, or states who is right, forcing the other to accept and comply with it. In criminal law, judgment acquits or sentences the accused, passing the corresponding sentences.

      • Sentence

        • Punishment imposed by the authorities empowered by the actual law, for the purpose of sanctioning the individual committing a crime or misdemeanour. Sentences pursuant to article 32 of the Criminal Code may involve deprivation of freedom, deprivation of other rights and fines.

      • Sex

        • Sex refers to the biological sex of the person. According to the WHO, "sex" refers to biological and physiological features defining to men and women, whereas "gender" refers to the roles, behaviour, activities and attributes constructed socially that a specific culture regards as appropriate for men and women. In accordance with this description, the WHO regards "man" and "woman" as sex categories, whereas "male" and "female" are gender categories.

  • 3.5. Statistical unit

    • Adults convicted by final judgement.

  • 3.6. Statistical population

    • The population under study in the statistics is the group of persons aged 18 and over convicted by final judgement and registered in the Central Register of Convicted Persons and in the Central Register of Sex Offenders during the reference period.

  • 3.7. Reference area

    • From a geographical point of view, the statistics cover the entire national territory.

      National, Autonomous Community and Provincial data are provided, referring to the location of the judicial body that issues the sentence.

  • 3.8. Time coverage

    • There are results available on the INE website since 1998 and on paper since the middle of last century.

  • 3.9. Base period

    • The year 2007 is considered the base year of the statistics, given that this year was the one in which a methodological change took place, and therefore, a break in the series.

      Until 2007, the information was based on the use of questionnaires filled out by the judicial bodies with criminal jurisdiction for each sentence handed down (whether final or not). As of 2007, the Central Register of Convicted Persons of the Ministry of Justice has been statistically exploited. As a result, the series is broken, since it goes from investigating those convicted in sentences issued by the judicial bodies, which are mostly not final, to studying those convicted by final judgement and therefore recorded in the Register. Since 2017, more detailed information on sexual offences has been provided by also exploiting the Central Register of Sex Offenders.

• 4. Unit of measure

  • 4.1. Unit of measure

    • Number of convicted persons, crimes, and penalties.

• 5. Reference period

  • 5.1. Reference period

    • The statistics are annual. The data refer to sentencing notes in final judgement entered in the Central Register of Convicted Persons and in the Central Register of Sex Offenders, during the reference calendar year.

      Data referred to the period: Anual A: 2024

• 6. Institutional mandate

  • 6.1. Legal acts and other agreements

    • The compilation and dissemination of the data are governed by the Statistical Law No. 12/1989 "Public Statistical Function" of May 9, 1989, and Law No. 4/1990 of June 29 on “National Budget of State for the year 1990" amended by Law No. 13/1996 "Fiscal, administrative and social measures" of December 30, 1996, makes compulsory all statistics included in the National Statistics Plan. The National Statistical Plan 2009-2012 was approved by the Royal Decree 1663/2008. It contains the statistics that must be developed in the four year period by the State General Administration's services or any other entity dependent on it. All statistics included in the National Statistics Plan are statistics for state purposes and are obligatory. The National Statistics Plan 2025-2028, approved by Royal Decree 1225/2024, of  3 December, is the Plan currently implemented. This statistical operation has governmental purposes, and it is included in the National Statistics Plan 2025-2028. (Statistics of the State Administration).

      The Conviction Statistics: Adults, is prepared on the basis of the Collaboration Agreement signed between the INE and the Ministry of Justice on 3 July 2007, modified by the one of 21 November 2017, according to which the Ministry of Justice makes available to the INE the Judicial Registers under its ownership for the statistical exploitation of the information contained therein.

  • 6.2. Data sharing

    • The exchanges of information needed to elaborate statistics between the INE and the rest of the State statistical offices (Ministerial Departments, independent bodies and administrative bodies depending on the State General Administration), or between these offices and the Autonomic statistical offices, are regulated in the LFEP (Law of the Public Statistic Function). This law also regulates the mechanisms of statistical coordination, and concludes cooperation agreements between the different offices when necessary.

      Once the statistical exploitation has been carried out, there are no information exchanges with other institutions.

• 7. Confidentiality

  • 7.1. Confidentiality - policy

    • The Statistical Law No. 12/1989 specifies that the INE cannot publish, or make otherwise available, individual data or statistics that would enable the identification of data for any individual person or entity. Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society

  • 7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment

    • INE provides information on the protection of confidentiality at all stages of the statistical process: INE questionnaires for the operations in the national statistical plan include a legal clause protecting data under statistical confidentiality. Notices prior to data collection announcing a statistical operation notify respondents that data are subject to statistical confidentiality at all stages. For data processing, INE employees have available the INE data protection handbook, which specifies the steps that should be taken at each stage of processing to ensure reporting units' individual data are protected. The microdata files provided to users are anonymised.

      By virtue of the collaboration agreement signed between the INE and the Ministry of Justice in July 2007, modified by that of 21 November 2017, the Ministry of Justice sends the microdata file to the INE without containing direct identification data of the persons registered in both registers.

• 8. Release policy

  • 8.1. Release calendar

    • The advance release calendar that shows the precise release dates for the coming year is disseminated in the last quarter of each year.

  • 8.2. Release calendar access

    • The calendar is disseminated on the INEs Internet website (Publications Calendar)

  • 8.3. User access

    • The data are released simultaneously according to the advance release calendar to all interested parties by issuing the press release. At the same time, the data are posted on the INE's Internet website (www.ine.es/en) almost immediately after the press release is issued. Also some predefined tailor-made requests are sent to registered users. Some users could receive partial information under embargo as it is publicly described in the European Statistics Code of Practice

• 9. Frequency of dissemination

  • 9.1. Frequency of dissemination

    • The results of the Conviction Statistics: Adults are disseminated on an annual basis.

• 10. Accessibility and clarity

  • 10.1. News release

    • The results of the statistical operations are normally disseminated by using press releases that can be accessed via both the corresponding menu and the Press Releases Section in the web

  • 10.2. Publications

    • All relevant documents related to the Conviction Statistics: Adults (press release, detailed results and methodology) are published on the INE website:

      https://www.ine.es/dyngs/INEbase/en/operacion.htm?c=Estadistica_C&cid=1254736176793&menu=ultiDatos&idp=1254735573206

  • 10.3. On-line database

    • INEbase is the system the INE uses to store statistical information on the Internet. It contains all the information the INE produces in electronic formats. The primary organisation of the information follows the theme-based classification of the Inventory of Statistical Operations of the State General Administration . The basic unit of INEbase is the statistical operation, defined as the set of activities that lead to obtaining statistical results on a determined sector or subject based on the individually collected data. Also included in the scope of this definition are synthesis preparation.

      The results are available on the INE website (Society -> Security and Justice):

      https://www.ine.es/dyngs/INEbase/en/operacion.htm?c=Estadistica_C&cid=1254736176793&menu=resultados&idp=1254735573206

      The publication is structured in 3 blocks: national results, results by Autonomous Communities and Cities, results by provinces. Each block offers results on adult convicted persons, crimes and penalties. In addition, there is an attached module for convicted sex offenders with the same table structure.

      Number of accesses AC1=699,487

      Number of accesses AC2=953

  • 10.4. Micro-data access
    • A lot of statistical operations disseminate public domain anonymized files, available free of charge for downloading in the INE website Microdata Section

      There are no microdata files available to users.

  • 10.5. Other

    • There is the possibility of requesting customised information from the INE User Service Area. For more information consult the following link:

      https://www.ine.es/infoine/?L=1

       

       

  • 10.6. Documentation on methodology

    • The methodology is available on the INE website:

      https://www.ine.es/dyngs/INEbase/en/operacion.htm?c=Estadistica_C&cid=1254736176793&menu=metodologia&idp=1254735573206

      This standardised methodological report is also a source of information on various methodological aspects of the statistics.

      Metadata completeness rate AC3= 100%

  • 10.7. Quality documentation

    • Section 13 of this standardised methodological report contains the various quality aspects associated with this statistic. It is the user-oriented quality report for this statistic

      https://www.ine.es/en/ine/codigobp/directrices_calidad_ine_en.pdf

• 11. Quality management

  • 11.1. Quality assurance

    • Quality assurance framework for the INE statistics is based on the ESSCoP, the European Statistics Code of Practice made by EUROSTAT. The ESSCoP is made up of 16 principles, gathered in three areas: Institutional Environment, Processes and Products. Each principle is associated with some indicators which make possible to measure it. In order to evaluate quality, EUROSTAT provides different tools: the indicators mentioned above, Self-assessment based on the DESAP model, peer review, user satisfaction surveys and other proceedings for evaluation.

      During the annual processing of the statistics and in order to guarantee their reliability, we detect and analyse possible systemic or random errors that may affect the quality of the information (invalid values, inconsistencies between variables, imputations of "non recorded" values) in the main variables (date of birth, date of commission of the crime, nationality, etc.).

      https://www.ine.es/en/ine/codigobp/directrices_calidad_ine_en.pdf

  • 11.2. Quality assessment

    • The legal basis on which the Central Register of Convicted Persons <https://www.mjusticia.gob.es/es/ciudadania/registros/administrativos-apoyo-admon/concepto-naturaleza/registro-central-penados> and the Central Register of Sex Offenders <https://www.mjusticia.gob.es/es/ciudadania/registros/administrativos-apoyo-admon/concepto-naturaleza/registro-central-delincuentes> are constituted, as well as the obligation to communicate to them the sentencing notes in final judgement, contribute to guarantee the completeness, coverage and quality of its content. The methodological change carried out in 2007 consisting in the statistical use of the Register has allowed a significant improvement in the quality and completeness of this statistic.

      As of 2007, the level of coverage has improved considerably (more details are given in sections 14.1 and 14.3) and results on crimes and penalties have been incorporated.

      Until the reference year 2011, provisional results were published and subsequently final results. Improving quality has made it possible to do without provisional results, directly disseminate final data and significantly improve the indicator on the timeliness of statistics. The collaboration of the Ministry of Justice has been very important in achieving this objective.

       

• 12. Relevance

  • 12.1. User needs

    • The main users of this statistic are:

      - Ministries and other public bodies (Ministry of Justice, General Council of the Judiciary...)

      - Researchers and universities (departments of demography, law, sociology, statistics, etc.).

      - Territorial administrations (Autonomous Communities, City Councils, etc.)

      - Companies and non-profit institutions (especially those working in the social field).

      - Individuals

  • 12.2. User satisfaction

    • The INE has carried out general user satisfaction surveys in 2007, 2010, 2013,  2016 and 2019 and it plans to continue doing so every three years. The purpose of these surveys is to find out what users think about the quality of the information of the INE statistics and the extent to which their needs of information are covered. In addition, additional surveys are carried out in order to acknowledge better other fields such as dissemination of the information, quality of some publications...

      On the INE website, in its section Methods and Projects / Quality and Code of Practice / INE quality management / User surveys are available surveys conducted to date.(Click  next link)

       

      User Satisfaction Surveys can be consulted on the website of INE in the category of: Methods and Projects -> Quality in the INE and Code of Practice -> INE Quality Management -> User surveys , where you can see the valuation of the sector "Society: Education, Culture, Health, Justice " which is framed in this statistical operation, which can orient to the opinion of users on it.

      https://www.ine.es/ine/codigobp/Seguimiento_Mejoras_ESU2019.pdf

  • 12.3. Completeness

    • Although there is no community regulation, the Conviction Statistics: Adults provides the information requested in the National Statistical Plan 2025-2028. Therefore, the data completeness rate R1= 100%

      https://www.ine.es/dyngs/INE/en/index.htm?cid=615

       

• 13. Accuracy and reliability

  • 13.1. Overall accuracy

    • Until 31 December 2006, the collection of information was carried out on a quarterly basis by means of a paper bulletin filled out by the judicial bodies (Courts of First Instance and Investigation, Courts of Investigation, Criminal Courts, Courts of Violence against Women, Provincial Courts) for each sentence passed. This type of collection entailed a high lack of response, both partial and total, negatively affecting the accuracy of the information.

      As of 2007, we have been using statistics from the Central Register of Convicted Persons; therefore, the statistics are comprehensive and there are no sampling errors. With respect to non-sampling errors, the necessary studies and controls are carried out to evaluate them and limit their importance.

       - Once the information is received, a coverage check is performed, as well as an analysis of its content to detect possible inconsistencies. Likewise, a check is carried out to determine the valid values ​​for each of the different variables under study..  - Once the validity of the received files has been checked, indexing is performed among the sent files, which allows the calculation of variables.  - Inconsistencies between variables are automatically detected and corrected.  - Certain variables are recoded and transformed (e.g., age is transformed into age groups), obtaining derived variables and results tables.  - The aggregated information is analyzed and potential errors or inconsistencies not detected in the previous phases are corrected.

  • 13.2. Sampling error

    • This concept is not applicable as it is a comprehensive investigation.

      Sampling errors indicators A1= Not applicable.

  • 13.3. Non-sampling error

    • During the processing of the information, non-sampling errors are detected and limited as far as possible (no response, completion errors, etc.). However, the obligation to communicate to the Registry by the judicial bodies the information relating to the sentencing notes in final judgement, as well as the measures adopted for the control, organisation and management of the Registry itself, introduces an additional guarantee that reinforces the authenticity and integrity of the data contained therein. In any case, and in order to reduce the possible lack of response to a minimum, the file is requested from the Ministry of Justice some time after the end of the reference period, so that the absence of information due to the lack of communication to the Registry within the established period is practically null.

      Over-coverage rate A2= Not applicable Common units proportion A3= Not applicable Unit non-response rate A4= 0% Item non-response rate A5= 0% Imputation rate A7= 0.04% (nationality of the convicted person)

• 14. Timeliness and punctuality

  • 14.1. Timeliness

    • The results of the statistics are disseminated 9 months after the end of the reference period of the information.

      Time lag first results TP1= Not applicableTime lag final results TP2= 9m

  • 14.2. Punctuality

    • Punctuality (percentage of publications delivered on time, based on scheduled publication dates) TP3= 100%

• 15. Coherence and Comparability

  • 15.1. Comparability - geographical

    • The availability of a methodology, a register source of information and a common processing in all the geographical scope, guarantees the comparability of the results between the different Autonomous Communities.

      Comparability with the rest of the countries of the European Union, in the absence of a common statistical regulation or standard, depends as much on their respective legal frameworks as on the methodology of the research carried out in each country.

      https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Crime_statistics

  • 15.2. Comparability - over time

    • Until 31 December 2006, the collection of information was carried out quarterly by means of a paper bulletin filled out by the judicial bodies (Courts of First Instance and Investigation, Courts of Investigation, Courts of Criminal Law, Courts of Violence against Women, Provincial Courts) for each sentence handed down, most of which were not final.

      As of reference year 2007, based on the Collaboration Agreement signed between the INE and the Ministry of Justice in July 2007, modified by that of 21 November 2017, the primary source of the data was changed for the Central Register of Convicted Persons. This new source of information, which is the basis for the exploitation of the statistics, contains the sentencing notes and suspended sentence notes corresponding to the final sentences registered in it.

      This change entailed a break in the series, so that the results of the Statistics are comparable from the reference year 2007, being, therefore, the number of comparable elements of the time series of the Conviction Statistics since its last break equal to 17.

      Length of comparable time series CC2= 18

  • 15.3. Coherence - cross domain

    • The Conviction Statistics: Adults obtain data from the Central Register of Convicted Persons and the Central Register of Sex Offenders, which contain information on final judgements handed down. Although with a differentiated approach, there are other sources of information such as, for example, the Secretariat of State for Security. The results from this source are considered generally consistent with those obtained by the INE, although they differ as a consequence of their distinct nature and the methodology applied in each case. The Secretariat of State for Security provides information on the complaint phase, while the Conviction Statistics: Adults of the INE investigate the completed trial phase.

  • 15.4. Coherence - internal

    • The internal consistency in the Conviction Statistics: Adults is the consequence of the application of the same methodological criteria and of a detailed analysis of the possible inconsistencies existing between the different variables.

• 16. Cost and burden

  • 16.1. Cost and burden

    • The estimated budget appropriation necessary to finance this statistic foreseen in the 2024 Annual Programme is 49.35 thousand euros.

      The burden on respondents is zero, as this statistic is obtained from information provided by an administrative register.

• 17. Data revision

  • 17.1. Data revision - policy

    • The INE of Spain has a policy which regulates the basic aspects of statistical data revision, seeking to ensure process transparency and product quality. This policy is laid out in the document approved by the INE board of directors on 13 March of 2015, which is available on the INE website, in the section "Methods and projects/Quality and Code of Practice/INE’s Quality management/INE’s Revision policy" (link).

      This general policy sets the criteria that the different type of revisions should follow:  routine revision- it is the case of statistics whose production process includes regular revisions-; more extensive revision- when methodological or basic reference source changes take place-; and exceptional revision- for instance, when an error appears in a published statistic-.

      As from the 2012 reference year, it is not intended to publish provisional results or revise published data. The data disseminated from this statistic are final.

  • 17.2. Data revision - practice

    • Taking into account the dissemination policy of this statistic, the revision of its data does not proceed in practice, since there are no preliminary or provisional results.

      Average revision rate A6-MAR= Not applicable Average revision rate A6-MAR= Not applicable

• 18. Statistical processing

  • 18.1. Source data

    • The source data of the Conviction Statistics: Adults are administrative data. They are obtained from the Central Register of Convicted Persons and the Central Register of Sex Offenders, belonging to the Ministry of Justice.

      These registers record final decisions by the commission of a crime or misdemeanor imposing penalties or protective measures, issued by the Courts or Tribunals of the criminal jurisdictional order. The recorded information comes from the notes on sentences, suspension of sentences, remission of sentence and/or conditional sentence, protection measures and in absentia.

      The statistical concepts coincide with the legal concepts.

  • 18.2. Frequency of data collection

    • Data is obtained on an annual basis. The file is sent by the Ministry of Justice to the INE before the end of the first half of the calendar year.

  • 18.3. Data collection

    • The information is obtained from the Central Register of Convicted Persons and the Central Register of Sex Offenders, belonging to the Ministry of Justice, which contains information on sentencing notes, suspension of sentence, remission and/or conditional sentence notes, protection measures and in absentia notes.

      The Ministry of Justice annually extracts from both registers the information requested by the INE for the elaboration of the Statistics according to the design of the register provided. This information corresponds to that contained in the sentencing notes and suspended sentence notes of the registered final judgements. The file provided to the INE contains dissociated individual information and does not contain identification data of persons.

      The Ministry of Justice sends the INE the file extracted from both registers with the following information:

      Identifier of the convicted person; country of birth; province of birth; country of nationality; sex; date of birth; code of the crime committed; number of crimes committed; code of the penalty; sentence length; amount of the fine; indicator of whether the sentence is for each or all crimes committed; code of statement of recidivism and/or habitual offender; province of the sentencing body; degree of commission of the crime; degree of involvement in the crime; date of sentence; date of commission of the crimes.

  • 18.4. Data validation

    • Once the information is received, a coverage control of the information is carried out as well as an analysis of its content in order to detect possible inconsistencies. Likewise, a control of valid values of the different variables under study is carried out.

  • 18.5. Data compilation

    • Once the validity of the file received has been checked, in a second phase certain variables are recoded and transformed and secondary auxiliary variables are created that allow the calculation of crimes and penalties and the detection of duplicates.

      In a later phase, inconsistencies between variables are automatically detected and corrected. Once the cleaning is finished, we obtain derived variables and the results tables.

      The last phase before the dissemination of results consists of analysing the aggregate information and correcting potential errors or inconsistencies not detected in the previous phases.

  • 18.6. Adjustment

    • The information that is processed comes from administrative records and it is not necessary to make any type of adjustment.

• 19. Comment

  • 19.1. Comment