CPS Conditional Cautions: Compliance and Non-Compliance Rates Over 12 Months

Crown Prosecution Service data tracks compliance and non-compliance rates for conditional cautions over a rolling 12-month period. The dataset is licensed under OGL-UK-3.0 and was last updated on 2026-07-08.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in conditional caution compliance over time based on the rolling 12-month period.
• Model factors influencing non-compliance rates based on the described outcome metrics.
• Benchmark performance of conditional caution schemes across different regions or timeframes.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative Crown Prosecution Service.
• License is clearly stated as OGL-UK-3.0, facilitating reuse.
• Update timestamp is precise: 2026-07-08 13:32:20.526538.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Crown Prosecution Service

Collection Method

Administrative data collection on conditional cautions.

Time Range

Rolling 12-month period.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:20.526538; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely covers England and Wales, as per Crown Prosecution Service jurisdiction.