"Figure 4: The proportion of domestic abuse-related crimes resulting in a charge has decreased over the last year","" "Outcomes assigned to domestic abuse-related crimes, England and Wales, year ending March 2019 and year ending March 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. Police recorded crime data are not designated as National Statistics. 2. Based on 26 police forces that supplied adequate data in both years. 3. “Taken into consideration” includes offences asked to be taken into consideration by a court. 4. “Out-of-court (formal)” includes caution – adults; caution – youths; and Penalty Notices for Disorder. 5. “Out-of-court (informal)” includes cannabis or khat warnings and community resolutions. 6. “Prosecution prevented or not in the public interest” includes not in the public interest (Crown Prosecution Service); not in the public interest (police); offender died; prosecution prevented (suspect under age; suspect too ill; or victim or key witness dead or too ill); and prosecution time limit expired. 7. “Evidential difficulties (victim does not support action)” includes evidential difficulties where the suspect was or was not identified and the victim does not support further action. 8. ""Other"" includes action undertaken by another body or agency; further action to support formal investigation not in the public interest; diversionary, educational or intervention activity, resulting from the crime report, has been undertaken and it is not in the public interest to take any further action (for year ending March 2020 data only); offences not yet assigned an outcome." "Unit","%" "","" "","Year ending March 2020","Year ending March 2019" "Evidential difficulties (victim does not support action)","53.7","53.1" "Evidential difficulties (suspect identified; victim supports action)","23.4","23.1" "Charged/summonsed","8.9","11.4" "Other","8.1","5.7" "Prosecution prevented or not in the public interest","1.9","2.0" "Out-of-court (formal)","1.5","2.0" "Investigation complete - no suspect identified","1.9","2.0" "Out-of-court (informal)","0.5","0.8" "Taken into consideration (TICs)","0.0","0.0"