Public Confidence in the Criminal Justice System
Proportion of those questioned in the British Crime Survey expressing confidence in the CJS bringing offenders to justice, across Local Criminal Justice Board areas.
| Confidence in the CJS bringing offenders to justice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Target at end of | Year ending | Year ending | |
| CJS Areas | (Year ending Mar 2003) a | 2005/06 | September 2005 | December 2005 |
| NATIONAL: | ||||
| England & Wales | 39% |
40% |
43% * |
44% * |
| LOCAL: | ||||
| Avon and Somerset | 36% |
42% |
44% * |
46% * |
| Bedfordshire | 36% |
42% |
45% * |
46% * |
| Cambridgeshire | 39% |
45% |
43% |
43% |
| Cheshire | 40% |
46% |
44% |
41% |
| Cleveland | 33% |
39% |
38% |
40% * |
| Cumbria | 48% |
51% |
52% |
51% |
| Derbyshire | 41% |
47% |
42% |
44% |
| Devon and Cornwall | 45% |
49% |
46% |
46% |
| Dorset | 37% |
43% |
46% * |
45% * |
| Co. Durham & Darlington | 41% |
47% |
44% |
41% |
| Dyfed Powys | 46% |
49% |
45% |
45% |
| Essex | 37% |
43% |
43% * |
44% * |
| Gloucestershire | 42% |
48% |
38% |
38% |
| Greater Manchester | 35% |
41% |
40% * |
41% * |
| Gwent | 32% |
39% |
31% |
33% |
| Hampshire & Isle of Wight | 42% |
48% |
46% |
47% |
| Hertfordshire | 46% |
48% |
45% |
46% |
| Humberside | 30% |
37% |
32% |
34% |
| Kent | 39% |
45% |
40% |
39% |
| Lancashire | 35% |
41% |
47% * |
45% * |
| Leicestershire | 43% |
49% |
46% |
47% |
| Lincolnshire | 37% |
43% |
42% |
42% |
| London | 41% |
47% |
46% * |
48% * |
| Merseyside | 37% |
44% |
43% * |
42% * |
| Norfolk | 33% |
39% |
41% * |
43% * |
| Northamptonshire | 37% |
43% |
37% |
40% |
| Northumbria | 41% |
47% |
40% |
41% |
| North Wales | 47% |
50% |
40% * |
42% * |
| North Yorkshire | 38% |
44% |
39% |
41% |
| Nottinghamshire | 28% |
34% |
36% * |
37% * |
| South Wales | 35% |
41% |
43% * |
43% * |
| South Yorkshire | 36% |
42% |
42% * |
43% * |
| Staffordshire | 35% |
41% |
42% * |
40% |
| Suffolk | 43% |
51% |
47% |
46% |
| Surrey | 44% |
50% |
44% |
44% |
| Sussex | 38% |
44% |
45% * |
44% * |
| Thames Valley | 41% |
47% |
49% * |
49% * |
| Warwickshire | 38% |
44% |
45% * |
45% * |
| West Mercia | 42% |
46% |
48% * |
48% * |
| West Midlands | 32% |
38% |
40% * |
41% * |
| West Yorkshire | 35% |
41% |
42% * |
43% * |
| Wiltshire | 42% |
48% |
48% * |
48% * |
a: Baseline against which each CJS area will be monitored
*: denotes statistically significant change since baseline
Data are provisional and subject to change
Data shown as at March 31st 2006