The number of criminal cases being dropped despite a suspect having been identified is on the rise, Home Office data shows. In the year to September 2021, the figure was 20.9%, up from 20.7% in 2020, 18.2% in 2019, and 6.9% in the year to March 2015.
Labour leader Keir Starmer said this week the rise is being caused by a lack of “faith in the criminal justice system to deliver for victims”.
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