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.
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.