Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of alleged incidents of crime reported to the police resulted in (a) a police charge, (b) an out of court disposal, (c) a referral to the CPS for a charging decision, (d) no further action or (e) any other outcome, in each of the last five years.

The Home Office routinely publishes statistics on the number of offences recorded by the police in England and Wales that result in charges and other resolutions, such as out of court disposals. The latest published figures can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/crime-outcomes-in-england-and-wales-year-to-september-2021-data-tables

Table 2.3 has information on outcomes assigned to offences by outcome type and year, going back to year to March 2015.

The Home Office does not hold data on pre-charge activity by the police including the number of referrals to the CPS for a charging decision, but the CPS publishes data on a quarterly basis on referrals received from the police. The latest stats can be found here:

Landing Page -> https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/cps-quarterly-data-summaries

Latest Report -> https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/cps-data-summary-quarter-2-2021-2022