Prison Population by Prison

There are five prisons situated within Surrey:

• HMP & YOI Bronzefield: a privately run female prison in Ashford for adults and young offenders.

• HMP Coldingley: a Category C training prison for adult men in Woking.

• HMP & YOI Downview: a 'closed' category women's prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Sutton.

• HMP High Down: a Category C men’s training and resettlement prison and young offender institution (YOI) near Sutton.

• HMP Send: a 'closed' category women’s prison in Woking.

Details for each can be found through their individual webpages as listed beneath:

Bronzefield Prison - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Coldingley Prison - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Downview Prison and Young Offender Institution - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

High Down Prison - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Send Prison - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Data sources and quality

The data presented are drawn from the prison administrative IT systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system. While the figures shown have been checked as far as practicable, they should be regarded as approximate and not necessarily accurate to the last whole number shown in the tables. They are fit to be used for purposes of looking at trends and for comparing the relative magnitude of components.

This dataset is now longer reported on Surrey-i, but underlying monthly snapshots of prisoner numbers in each establishment are available from the Ministry of Justice here: Prison population statistics - GOV.UK

As of August 2026, prison capacities and resident populations were: