Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of prosecution of serious violent crime in London.

Serious violent crime encompasses many different crime types but is more commonly associated with drug crime, knife crime, gun crime and homicide.

• In 2022, CPS London prosecuted 10,675 defendants allocated the principal offence category of Drugs Offences with a conviction rate of 87.4%.
• In the same period, CPS London prosecuted 255 defendants allocated the principal offence category of Homicide with a conviction rate of 78.0%.
• In 2022, CPS London charged 3,734 knife crime offences under Section 139 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 and 2,624 offences under Section 1 of the Prevention of Crime Act 1953.
• In 2022, CPS London charged 1411 firearms offences under the Firearms Act 1968.