Performance management and case outcomes

CPS Quarterly Data Summaries

From January 2020, the CPS has published quarterly bulletins of data tables and summaries of main trends as part of the CPS’s ongoing commitment to transparency on prosecution performance. The bulletins contain performance information relating to overall prosecution figures and police referrals as well as charging rates in a range of offence types including domestic abuse, rape flagged offences, hate crime and child sexual abuse.

This data is operational management information to be used as indicators of CPS’ performance. Official statistics relating to crime and policing are maintained by the Home Office and Office for National Statistics. Official statistics relating to criminal courts including caseload, timeliness, convictions and sentencing outcomes are maintained by the Ministry of Justice.

Assisted Suicide

We publish regularly updated figures on cases where assisted suicide is considered as a possible factor in someone's death.

Joint Enterprise Data

This information focuses on cases involving multiple defendants in the 'Homicide' category recorded by the CPS.

Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 agreements

Letters from the DPP to the Attorney General outlining the number of agreements made under sections 71 to 74 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005. Written and published annually.

CPS decision-making and defendant characteristics

Data based on CPS management information for defendants, including age, gender and ethnic background.

NB - We republished and rearranged these data in June 2019 to appear quarterly and by financial year. Previously, they were published quarterly and listed by month and calendar year. They can now be found in the Quarterly Data Summaries. Earlier data on CPS case outcomes by principal offence can be found in archived versions of the CPS website, available from the UK Government Web Archive, or from data.gov.uk.