CPS conviction rate by police force area, England and Wales
Operational management information, not official statistics
The share of defendants the Crown Prosecution Service prosecuted who were convicted, over the latest four quarters, by the police force that brought each case, from the CPS's Area level data tables.
Conviction rate, all forces
81.77%
Q2 2025-26 to Q1 2026-27
Verified against source, 8 November 2026, 13:16 UTCSource: Crown Prosecution Service. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
45 rows
| Area | % Convictions |
|---|---|
| North Wales | 86.62% |
| Lincolnshire | 86.50% |
| Devon & Cornwall | 86.19% |
| Cumbria | 86.13% |
| Nottinghamshire | 86.02% |
| Gloucestershire | 85.80% |
| Hampshire | 85.62% |
| Cheshire | 85.55% |
| Dyfed-Powys | 85.10% |
| Merseyside | 84.99% |
| Sussex | 84.95% |
| Suffolk | 84.67% |
| Cambridgeshire | 84.63% |
| Cleveland | 84.47% |
| South Wales | 84.38% |
| Norfolk | 84.36% |
| Dorset | 84.30% |
| Northamptonshire | 84.26% |
| Durham | 84.10% |
| Avon & Somerset | 83.94% |
| Derbyshire | 83.55% |
| Wiltshire | 83.53% |
| Thames Valley | 83.42% |
| Essex | 83.36% |
| North Yorkshire | 83.27% |
| Greater Manchester | 82.77% |
| South Yorkshire | 82.53% |
| Leicestershire | 82.24% |
| Lancashire | 82.13% |
| West Yorkshire | 81.99% |
| Humberside | 81.92% |
| Surrey | 81.82% |
| Kent | 81.53% |
| Gwent | 81.51% |
| Northumbria | 81.06% |
| Hertfordshire | 81.00% |
| West Mercia | 80.20% |
| British Transport Police | 79.18% |
| Bedfordshire | 78.65% |
| City of London Police | 78.01% |
| Warwickshire | 76.57% |
| Staffordshire | 76.40% |
| West Midlands | 75.96% |
| Metropolitan Police | 75.76% |
| TOTAL | 81.77% |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Crown Prosecution Service
- Check it yourself
- https://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/performance-management-and-case-outcomes/cps-quarterly-data-summaries
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 8 November 2026, 13:07 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/performance-management-and-case-outcomes/cps-quarterly-data-summariesSHA-256 d63fed04dc2e2ddf17ca0c106fd0936d04e601b59ee4f5b6f65ed5c86f8c69b2 · 50,762 bytes
- https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/cps-data-summary-quarter-1-2026-2027SHA-256 e5a781646358ef0383996ae5b2bd826413eb1b3ebf7f20b181c9ebca36cd2c84 · 136,822 bytes
- https://www.cps.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/publications/CPS-Area-Level-Data-Tables-Q1-26-27.xlsxSHA-256 500a6059d64028ed3c348ad0322db19c285d3820373315b196597ac10a7a6ed6 · 255,429 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 8 November 2026, 13:16 UTC Run at 8 November 2026, 13:16 UTC; 45 of 45 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Crown Prosecution Service; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-08T13:07:26Z; 3 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 3 of 3 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 45 of 45 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 45 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 45 of 45 figures match exactly after downloading 3 source file(s) again (3 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Pass | CPS figures are current | the newest figures run to 2026-06-30, 131 days before retrieval (limit 200) |
| Pass | Each rate is its row's convictions over its prosecutions | 45 of 45 rates are their row's convictions over its prosecutions |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/performance-management-and-case-outcomes/cps-quarterly-data-summaries – HTTP 200 |
Notes
- The CPS publishes these figures as operational management information from its case management system, not as official statistics, and counts defendants rather than cases. CPS Areas are the CPS's own: their names are not the ONS's regions, even where they share one.
- The CPS gives each rate as a fraction, which the hub shows as a percentage. A conviction is a guilty plea, a conviction after trial or a proof in absence.