Emily Thornberry: To ask the Attorney-General how many prosecutions the Crown Prosecution Service has carried out for criminal damage in each of the last five years; and what the conviction rate was in each such year.
The Solicitor-General: The records held by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) provide an analysis of the outcome of proceedings, divided into 12 principal offence categories which indicate the most serious offence with which the defendant was charged at the time of finalisation. The following table shows the number of prosecutions and convictions for defendants whose principal offence was “criminal damage”.
ConvictionsUnsuccessful NumberPercentageNumberPercentageTotal n umber