Aylesbury Prison has recorded the lowest number of assaults in the past five years.

This is despite violence in UK prisons reaching record levels due to overcrowding.

Figures from Legal Expert show a 61 per cent decrease in prisoner-on-prisoner assaults at Aylesbury Prison in 2024/25 compared to five years earlier.

Assaults on staff also dropped by 72 per cent, from 54 in 2021/22 to 15 in 2024/25.

Patrick Mallon, a solicitor at JF Law, said: "The alarming year-on-year rise in assaults in UK prisons is a stark reflection of a system under immense strain.

"With prison populations growing and a significant number of prisons now officially overcrowded, the Ministry of Justice is facing a growing crisis as this limited space creates an unstable environment where violence becomes increasingly common."

In June 2025, government research highlighted a link between overcrowded conditions and increased violence, leading to a £40 million investment in new security measures.

As reported in the BBC, a Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: "This government inherited a prison system in crisis, overcrowded and rife with violence, and we are fixing this by delivering the fastest prison-building programme in more than a century."

The government’s ‘Plan for Change’ aims to build 14,000 extra prison places by 2031.