Community Impact Statements (CIS) can help criminal justice agencies understand the wider impact of hate crime and can improve decision making and increase public confidence.
These guidelines specifically cover the use of CIS in Hate Crime cases. They should be read alongside the legal guidance published by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) which can be found on the CPS website.
About CPS data: The CPS does not publish official statistics. CPS data is operational management information, which can be used as an indicator of CPS performance.
The CPS Diversity and Inclusion Statement for the Bar (the ‘Statement’) sets out CPS requirements and expectations in respect of equality, diversity, and inclusion.
This statement explains what we do in order to make our information and communications accessible, in other words, what we do to make sure that everyone can easily get the information they need, and that it is easy to understand.
This Q3 data release covers the 3-month period 1 October 2022 – 31 December 2022, with the previous three quarters provided to illustrate trends. The figures below compare Quarter 3 data with Quarter 2.
