The lower number of cases referred to the CPS has been compounded by a further decline in the charging rate. The majority of CPS areas showed a decline in the charge rate for rape between 2014 and 2018. Overall 11 of 14 CPS areas showed significant falls in the rate of charging suspects and three - Wales, the south-east and east Midlands - showed increases. This effectively results in further variation in a victims" chances of seeing their case prosecuted.
Inombolo engezansi yamacala adluliselwe ku-CPS yengezwe ukwehla okuqhubekayo kwezinga lokushaja. Iningi lezindawo ze-CPS likhombise ukwehla kwezinga lamacala okudlwengula phakathi konyaka we-2014 nowe-2018. Sezizonke izindawo eziyi-11 kweziyi-14 ze-CPS zikhombise ukwehla okukhulu ezingeni labasolwa abakhokhiswayo kanti ezintathu - iWales, eningizimu-mpumalanga nasempumalanga yeMidlands - zikhombise ukwanda. Lokhu kuholela ekushintsheni okuqhubekayo emathubeni abahlukunyeziwe okubona ukuthi icala labo ukuthi liyashushiswa.