updates: 04 November 2021, 22 July 2025
Prosecution Guidance
Drug offences
International and organised crime
Sexual offences
Violent crime
Drugs, Terrorism and National Security
Updated: 08 March 2021; 23 March 2021; 9 May 2022
Prosecution Guidance
Updated: 10 Dec 2025
Prosecution Guidance
Court Processes and Case Management
Updated: 5 November 2021
Prosecution Guidance
Domestic abuse
Violent crime
Violent Crime, Weapons and Public Safety
updated 26 February 2020 link for Sentencing Councils Totality definitive guidelines
Prosecution Guidance
Court Processes and Case Management
Reviewed and updated April 2023
Prosecution Guidance
Sexual offences
Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and Child Abuse
Updated: October 2019; 1 November 2024
Prosecution Guidance
Court Processes and Case Management
Updated: 24 February 2023; 17 May 2023; 25 October 2023
Prosecution Guidance
Media, Public Interest and Professional Standards
updated 11 November 2019
Prosecution Guidance
Defendants
Revised: 04 January 2019; 25 April 2024
Prosecution Guidance
Sexual offences
Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and Child Abuse