Criminal Proceedings

(asked on 20th March 2019) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department holds on the reasons for people reporting a crime and subsequently withdrawing their statement to the police.


Answered by
Nick Hurd Portrait
Nick Hurd
This question was answered on 28th March 2019

The number of police recorded offences and their outcomes relating to violence against the person, theft and public order in England & Wales is published in the police recorded crime open data tables, which can be found here:


https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables


However, the Home Office does not hold information relating to the number of people who withdraw their statement or fail to attend a subsequent court hearing, nor for the reason for a person reporting a recordable crime and then withdrawing their statement.

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