![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This is mirrored in the conviction volume and rate which have seen minimal changes to the previous quarter from 90,758 to 90,730 and from 82.5% to 82.7% respectively. There are signs that the past reductions in completed prosecutions may be plateauing, having fallen by only 0.4% in this quarter, from 110,070 to 109,685.The percentage of suspects finalised as ‘pending response – further investigation’ in the sexual offences category is showing a steady decrease from 20% in Q1 2020/2021 to 17% in 2021/2022, although is still significantly above the ‘all crime’ average. However, when focusing on principal offence category it is clear this is largely due to issues with acquisitive crimes, with burglary, robbery and theft & handling offences – the only principal offence categories experiencing increases. Overall, the percentage of suspects finalised as ‘pending response – further investigation’ increased from 11% in Q1 2020/2021 to 13% in Q1 2021/2022.This is a significant reduction having been at a relatively consistent rate during the year period 20/21. Out of court disposals have dropped by 35% when comparing Q1 21/22 to Q4 20/21.Rape investigation timeliness had been on a positive downward trend, however has significantly increased from 125.4 days in Q2 20/21 to 170.2 days in Q1 21/22. It takes 10.4 more days from receipt to charge in Q1 21/22 when compared to the same quarter last year, increasing from 27.3 days to 39.5. The amount of days it takes from receipt to charge has been increasing quarter on quarter.The rape conviction rate saw an artificial increase during the COVID-19 pandemic due to a high proportion of guilty pleas for those cases which came through the system. ![]() However this is not translating to convictions, with the conviction rate reducing quite considerably from 72.9% in Q2 20/21 down to 66.2% in Q1 21/22. The proportion of pre-charge decisions where the outcome is to authorise a charge for rape flagged suspects is at a high of 69.3%, and the volume of completed prosecutions is higher for the third successive quarter than the volume in the last quarter before the pandemic (601 in Q1 21/22 compared to 480 in Q4 19/20).There have been increases in all principal offence categories over the last quarter, with the exception of drug offences which has remained quite static. The proportion of pre-charge decisions where the outcome is to authorise a charge is the highest it has been in the last eight quarters at 77.1%.However, there has been a sharp drop in the number of transphobic crime receipts, down 70% to 8 this quarter). Receipts from the police have remained relatively static, a small increase of 1.3% from 47,644 in Q4 20/21 to 48,250 in Q1 21/22.In Q1 21/22 the key points to note are as follows: The focus of this summary continues to be the impact of and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Pre-charge outcomes for Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) and sexual offences excluding rape.Pre-charge outcomes by Principal Offence Category (POC).This Q1 data release covers the three-month period 1 April to 30 June 2021, with the previous three quarters provided to illustrate trends.Ī number of new metrics have been introduced into the publication. Understanding CPS data definitions and caveats. ![]()
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