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CPS prosecutions and convictions by police force area, England and Wales

Operational management information, not official statistics

Defendants the Crown Prosecution Service prosecuted, and those convicted, over the latest four quarters, by the police force that brought each case, from the CPS's Area level data tables.

Convictions, all forces

397,956

Q2 2025-26 to Q1 2026-27

Verified against source, 31 October 2026, 12:27 UTC
CPS prosecutions and convictions by police force area, England and Wales
  • Total prosecutions
  • Convictions
020k40k60k80kMetropolitan Police69,27452,484Greater Manchester28,53923,622West Yorkshire23,84219,549West Midlands22,90017,395Merseyside18,54715,763Lancashire15,71912,910Thames Valley14,87912,412South Wales14,62512,340Kent14,41211,750Northumbria14,15711,475Essex13,59111,329Hampshire13,18911,292South Yorkshire11,9899,895Cheshire11,2249,602Avon & Somerset10,9229,168Nottinghamshire10,7859,277Sussex10,6909,081Staffordshire10,0957,713Devon & Cornwall9,9398,566West Mercia9,5187,633Humberside9,2327,563Derbyshire9,0317,545Norfolk8,0116,758Leicestershire7,9306,522Cleveland7,5456,373Surrey7,3175,987North Wales7,1056,154Hertfordshire6,5945,341British Transport Police6,0094,758North Yorkshire5,9104,921Durham5,8984,960Northamptonshire5,8894,962Suffolk5,5924,735Lincolnshire5,3724,647Cumbria5,3124,575Cambridgeshire5,2504,443Dorset5,2114,393Gwent4,5653,721Bedfordshire4,4073,466Wiltshire3,9883,331Dyfed-Powys3,4422,929Warwickshire3,3812,589Gloucestershire3,2882,821City of London Police1,5461,206

Source: Crown Prosecution Service. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data table

45 rows

AreaTotal prosecutionsConvictions
Metropolitan Police69,27452,484
Greater Manchester28,53923,622
West Yorkshire23,84219,549
West Midlands22,90017,395
Merseyside18,54715,763
Lancashire15,71912,910
Thames Valley14,87912,412
South Wales14,62512,340
Kent14,41211,750
Northumbria14,15711,475
Essex13,59111,329
Hampshire13,18911,292
South Yorkshire11,9899,895
Cheshire11,2249,602
Avon & Somerset10,9229,168
Nottinghamshire10,7859,277
Sussex10,6909,081
Staffordshire10,0957,713
Devon & Cornwall9,9398,566
West Mercia9,5187,633
Humberside9,2327,563
Derbyshire9,0317,545
Norfolk8,0116,758
Leicestershire7,9306,522
Cleveland7,5456,373
Surrey7,3175,987
North Wales7,1056,154
Hertfordshire6,5945,341
British Transport Police6,0094,758
North Yorkshire5,9104,921
Durham5,8984,960
Northamptonshire5,8894,962
Suffolk5,5924,735
Lincolnshire5,3724,647
Cumbria5,3124,575
Cambridgeshire5,2504,443
Dorset5,2114,393
Gwent4,5653,721
Bedfordshire4,4073,466
Wiltshire3,9883,331
Dyfed-Powys3,4422,929
Warwickshire3,3812,589
Gloucestershire3,2882,821
City of London Police1,5461,206
TOTAL486,661397,956

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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
31 October 2026, 12:27 UTC
Raw files fetched

Verification

Verified against source, 31 October 2026, 12:27 UTC Run at 31 October 2026, 12:27 UTC; 90 of 90 figures matched the live source.

ResultCheckDetail
PassProvenance recordedCrown Prosecution Service; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-31T12:27:08Z; 3 raw file(s)
PassRaw files match recorded SHA-2563 of 3 files intact
PassRe-parsing raw files reproduces figures90 of 90 figures and the headline reproduced
PassFigures are finite numbers90 figures, 0 invalid
PassLive source matches every figure90 of 90 figures match exactly after downloading 3 source file(s) again (3 byte-identical); the headline matches
PassCPS figures are currentthe newest figures run to 2026-06-30, 123 days before retrieval (limit 200)
PassThe forces add up to their total, and the CPS Areas to theirsin 2 of 2 cases the forces sum to the whole within 0 (2 exactly); in 2 of 2 cases the CPS Areas sum to the whole within 0 (2 exactly)
PassSource page answershttps://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.
  • A prosecution is a defendant's case finalised in the magistrates' courts or the Crown Court; a conviction is a guilty plea, a conviction after trial or a proof in absence. The British Transport Police are listed as a force. The forces' total leaves out the Central Casework Divisions' cases, so it is smaller than the CPS's national figure.