Quarterly performance figures for Local Criminal Justice Boards published
27 Apr 2006
The latest quarterly regional performance figures for the Criminal Justice System are published today.
The figures, for the year ending December 2005 and covering England and Wales, show:
- 1.27 million offences were brought to justice compared to 1 million in the year ending March 2002, an increase of 27%.
- Public confidence in the ability of the Criminal Justice System (CJS) to bring offenders to justice has improved to 44% from 39% in March 2003.
- The payment rate of fines issued by criminal courts has increased from 68% in June 2003 to 87% between October and December 2005.
- The proportion of ineffective trials in the Crown Court has fallen to 13% from 24% in 2002.
- The proportion of ineffective trials in Magistrates' Courts has fallen to 21% from 31% in 2002.
- The number of outstanding Failure To Appear (FTA) warrants has decreased by 18% since March 2005
- The proportion of FTA warrants notified to the police within 1 working day has increased from 75% between July and September 2005 to 85% between October and December 2005, and the proportion notified within 3 working days has increased from 90% to 96% over the same period.
Use the link on the right to visit the data tables and see how your Local Criminal Justice Board is performing.