Prosecutions

(asked on 17th May 2024) - View Source

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Answer of 20 January 2023 to Question 125287 on Rape: Prosecutions, how many (a) completed prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for all crimes in each quarter from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015.


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This question was answered on 22nd May 2024

The table below shows the number of completed prosecutions and convictions for all crimes prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015. The data provided in the table is in financial quarters and has been drawn from the CPS’ Case Management System.

‘Total completed prosecutions’ refer to the conclusion of a prosecution case against a defendant such as conviction after trial, guilty plea, acquittal, or the prosecution against the defendant being dropped. ‘Convictions’ refer to convictions after trial and guilty pleas.

Quarter

04/05-Q4

05/06-Q1

05/06-Q2

05/06-Q3

05/06-Q4

06/07-Q1

06/07-Q2

06/07-Q3

Total completed prosecutions

295,088

290,259

300,855

272,200

296,790

264,447

282,732

255,895

Convictions

240,245

238,312

245,023

222,887

245,472

220,338

235,011

213,242

Quarter

06/07-Q4

07/08-Q1

07/08-Q2

07/08-Q3

07/08-Q4

08/09-Q1

08/09-Q2

08/09-Q3

Total completed prosecutions

275,227

260,614

280,807

255,669

267,104

257,252

271,022

245,976

Convictions

232,051

220,494

238,103

217,259

230,107

222,868

234,996

212,865

Quarter

08/09-Q4

09/10-Q1

09/10-Q2

09/10-Q3

09/10-Q4

10/11-Q1

10/11-Q2

10/11-Q3

Total completed prosecutions

258,348

244,268

256,691

236,971

244,802

237,855

251,790

233,047

Convictions

223,876

211,200

221,084

203,540

210,397

204,215

214,659

199,748

Quarter

10/11-Q4

11/12-Q1

11/12-Q2

11/12-Q3

11/12-Q4

12/13-Q1

12/13-Q2

12/13-Q3

Total completed prosecutions

236,142

220,036

236,042

216,311

224,116

201,542

215,469

196,592

Convictions

202,709

189,566

202,547

185,534

193,010

174,000

185,133

167,079

Quarter

12/13-Q4

13/14-Q1

13/14-Q2

13/14-Q3

13/14-Q4

14/15-Q1

14/15-Q2

Total completed prosecutions

192,855

186,541

189,668

176,437

184,050

163,574

170,234

Convictions

163,541

159,634

161,268

149,810

156,177

137,257

142,020

Quarter

14/15-Q3

14/15-Q4

15/16-Q1

15/16-Q2

Total completed prosecutions

163,142

167,540

159,605

163,656

Convictions

135,909

139,596

132,942

135,324

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