PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Criminal Proceedings (10 July 2014)
Question Asked
Asked by:
Emily Thornberry (Labour)
Answer
The proportion of charging decisions made by the Police for each of the last five years are as follows:
| 2009-2010 | 2010-2011 | 2011-2012 | 2012-2013 | 2013-2014 |
Homicide* | 10.4% | 11.6% | 9.5% | 13.7% | 9.4% |
Offences Against The Person | 25.9% | 25.2% | 33.5% | 41.1% | 40.0% |
Sexual Offences | 18.2% | 16.3% | 15.4% | 18.9% | 17.8% |
Burglary | 32.5% | 31.3% | 31.3% | 32.0% | 31.2% |
Robbery | 16.1% | 15.2% | 10.2% | 12.7% | 12.7% |
Theft And Handling | 70.7% | 71.9% | 77.1% | 81.8% | 84.9% |
Fraud And Forgery | 25.8% | 25.2% | 35.5% | 40.3% | 40.0% |
Criminal Damage | 53.6% | 54.2% | 62.8% | 66.6% | 65.4% |
Drugs Offences | 65.0% | 65.2% | 67.2% | 68.1% | 67.3% |
Public Order Offences | 66.4% | 65.8% | 71.4% | 75.1% | 76.0% |
All Other Offences (excluding Motoring) | 66.6% | 65.6% | 69.2% | 70.9% | 69.7% |
Motoring Offences | 95.7% | 96.1% | 97.1% | 98.0% | 97.6% |
* In previous years ‘threats to kill’ offences were included in the Homicide category and were therefore charged by the police in anticipated guilty plea cases. Despite the change, some such cases may continue to be recorded in this way.
Answered by:
Sir Robert Buckland (Conservative)
21 July 2014
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