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<p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the volumes of
completed prosecutions, or caseload, by outcome as a count of the number of defendants
and collates the data collected in financial years.</p><p> </p><p>The table below
shows the number of finalised prosecutions and convictions in the Merseyside and Cheshire
CPS Area during each year from 2010-11 to 2017-18.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Non-Convictions</strong></p></td><td
rowspan="2"><p><strong>Total Prosecutions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>39,902</p></td><td><p>84.4%</p></td><td><p>7,402</p></td><td><p>15.6%</p></td><td><p><strong>47,304</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p>35,074</p></td><td><p>86.4%</p></td><td><p>5,537</p></td><td><p>13.6%</p></td><td><p><strong>40,611</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p>31,528</p></td><td><p>87.9%</p></td><td><p>4,322</p></td><td><p>12.1%</p></td><td><p><strong>35,850</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>31,971</p></td><td><p>88.8%</p></td><td><p>4,017</p></td><td><p>11.2%</p></td><td><p><strong>35,988</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p>28,129</p></td><td><p>87.2%</p></td><td><p>4,123</p></td><td><p>12.8%</p></td><td><p><strong>32,252</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p>26,017</p></td><td><p>87.3%</p></td><td><p>3,801</p></td><td><p>12.7%</p></td><td><p><strong>29,818</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p>26,545</p></td><td><p>87.7%</p></td><td><p>3,720</p></td><td><p>12.3%</p></td><td><p><strong>30,265</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p>25,037</p></td><td><p>86.6%</p></td><td><p>3,875</p></td><td><p>13.4%</p></td><td><p><strong>28,912</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data
Source: CPS Management Information System</p><p> </p><p>While the volume of prosecutions
in the Area have fallen by 39% during the 8 year period, it is important to be aware
that the types of cases prosecuted by Merseyside and Cheshire CPS have changed significantly
in the period between 2010 and 2018. The Area is prosecuting more serious and complex
cases as evidenced by a 21% increase in homicide, a 23% increase in offences against
the person and a 62% increase in sexual offences cases. During this period, minor
motoring cases have fallen by 52% in the Area. This followed changes to the list of
specified offences made in 2012 which transferred responsibility for prosecuting many
low level motoring offences back to the police.</p>
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