Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of criminal court cases involved more than one perpetrator in the latest year for which information is available.

In 2014, 9,578 Criminal Court Cases in the Crown Court involved more than one defendant. This figure equates to a total of 7.4% of all Criminal Court Cases in the Crown Court as a total of all case disposals for each case type. Further information can be located at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2015

It is not possible to identify whether there are multiple defendants for cases in magistrates’ courts, owing to the way cases and hearings are recorded within the central reporting database.