Confiscation is an essential tool in the prosecutor’s toolkit to deprive offenders of the proceeds of their criminal conduct; to deter the commission of further offences; and to reduce the profits available to fund further criminal enterprises.

A man has been sentenced for racially abusing an eleven-year-old boy in Crewe.

A Birmingham man who emailed an MP with abuse including telling her ‘hell is real, and you will burn,’ has been sentenced.

A man has been given a suspended prison sentence after admitting posting threatening messages about an author and an MP and an author in January last year.

This Q4 data release covers the 3-month period 1 January 2023 – 31 March 2022, with the previous three quarters provided to illustrate trends. The figures below compare Quarter 4 data with Quarter 3.