Crime
(asked on 20th April 2017) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reported crimes have led to no further action being taken by police in each year since 2010.
We expect police to investigate all crimes that are reported to them. All forces will suspend crime investigations if, after initial investigation, they conclude that there are no further lines of enquiry to pursue because there is no evidence trail or witnesses. These decisions are an operational matter for forces, but investigations can be reopened at any time should further evidence come to light.
The Home Office collects and publishes quarterly data on crime outcomes recorded by the police.
The latest available data are published in the ‘Crime Outcomes in England and Wales, year to September 2016’ data tables, available here: