Criminal Proceedings
(asked on 10th July 2014) - View Source
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, in what proportion of criminal cases of each type of offence charging decisions were made by the police in each of the last five years.
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.