Public Confidence in the Criminal Justice System

Proportion of those questioned in the British Crime Survey expressing confidence in the CJS in bringing offenders to justice, across Local Criminal Justice Board areas.



Confidence in the CJS bringing offenders to justice
Baseline Target Year ending Year ending
CJS Areas (Year ending March 2003) a 2005/2006 December 2004 March 2005
NATIONAL:
England & Wales
39%
40%
43%*
43%*
LOCAL:
Avon & Somerset
36%
42%
42%*
40%
Bedfordshire
36%
42%
43%*
42%*
Cambridgeshire
39%
45%
47%*
46%*
Cheshire
40%
46%
46%
45%
Cleveland
33%
39%
39%*
37%
Cumbria
48%
51%
51%
52%
Derbyshire
41%
47%
43%
44%
Devon & Cornwall
45%
49%
49%
48%
Dorset
37%
43%
46%*
47%*
Co. Durham & Darlington
41%
47%
44%
45%
Dyfed Powys
46%
49%
53%*
51%
Essex
37%
43%
40%
41%
Gloucestershire
42%
48%
41%
41%
Greater Manchester
35%
41%
38%
39%
Gwent
33%
39%
36%
34%
Hampshire & Isle of Wight
42%
48%
49%*
49%*
Hertfordshire
46%
48%
46%
45%
Humberside
31%
37%
32%
31%
Kent
39%
45%
46%*
44%
Lancashire
35%
41%
44%*
45%*
Leicestershire
43%
49%
49%
48%
Lincolnshire
37%
43%
40%
41%
London
41%
47%
45%*
45%*
Merseyside
37%
44%
44%*
45%*
Norfolk
33%
39%
40%*
39%*
Northamptonshire
37%
43%
35%
35%
Northumbria
41%
47%
38%
39%
North Wales
47%
50%
44%
44%
North Yorkshire
38%
44%
40%
37%
Nottinghamshire
28%
34%
37%*
36%*
South Wales
35%
41%
41%
41%*
South Yorkshire
36%
42%
40%
42%*
Staffordshire
35%
41%
43%*
44%*
Suffolk
44%
51%
49%
50%*
Surrey
44%
50%
47%
48%
Sussex
38%
44%
43%
42%
Thames Valley
41%
47%
45%
45%
Warwickshire
38%
44%
47%*
48%*
West Mercia
42%
46%
48%*
49%*
West Midlands
32%
38%
40%*
40%*
West Yorkshire
35%
41%
40%
39%
Wiltshire
42%
48%
46%
46%

a: Baseline against which each CJS area will be monitored
*: denotes statistically significant improvement since baseline

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