Andalucía registers 345,279 new court cases between April and June, 2% fewer
The courts of Andalucía, Ceuta and Melilla received 345,279 cases in the second quarter of 2026, 2% fewer than a year earlier. Resolved cases fell 13% and pending cases rose 1.7%, to 896,880.
The courts of Andalucía, Ceuta and Melilla received 345,279 new cases between April and June of this year, 2% fewer than in the same period of 2025. The decline is mainly due to the Criminal order, where incoming cases fell 4.7%, and to the Civil order, which fell 1%.
Fewer resolved and more pending
The figure most noticed by anyone with an ongoing lawsuit is that of resolved cases: 336,712, 13% fewer than a year earlier. That means an average of 431.68 cases per court. At the end of the quarter, 896,880 cases remained pending, 1.7% more.
By jurisdiction, in Civil matters 129,139 new cases were registered (1% fewer) and 131,258 were resolved (19.9% fewer). The civil backlog fell 6.9%, to 470,471 cases in progress.
In Criminal matters, 181,436 cases came in, 4.7% fewer. 173,104 were resolved (8.7% fewer) and 254,760 remained in progress, 17% more than at the close of the second quarter of 2025.
Contentious and labour cases rise
Not all jurisdictions are down. In Contentious-Administrative matters, 10,383 new cases were registered, 19.6% more, although 10,329 were resolved, 8.8% fewer. Pending cases stood at 39,386, barely 0.6% more.
In Social matters, 24,321 cases came in, 6.2% more than in 2025. 22,021 were resolved (1% fewer) and pending cases rose 10.9%, to 132,263.
Litigation rate below average
Andalucía has a litigation rate of 39.03 cases per 1,000 inhabitants, below the national average, which is 39.35. Canarias (51.49), Asturias (43.32), Madrid (43.05), Cataluña (42.44) and Murcia (40.97) exceed that average.
The data come from the report on the situation of the courts in the second quarter of 2026 published by the Consejo General del Poder Judicial (CGPJ). The complete series since 2007 can be consulted in the CGPJ judicial statistics.