FOI Ref: FOI/2023/4866
You asked
I would like to acquire all data on wildlife crime committed in the UK from the years 2015 to 2022.
In particular, I am interested in the statistics of the prosecution and conviction outcomes of these crimes.
We said
Thank you for your enquiry about wildlife crime committed in the UK from the years 2015 to 2022.
We publish the number of wildlife crimes reported to the police in England and Wales in Appendix Table A4 (row 227), which is released alongside our Crime in England and Wales quarterly bulletin. Unfortunately, we do not hold any further breakdown or information on this offence.
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) are primarily responsible for data on prosecution and convictions. Their Outcomes by Offence data tool: June 2022 may be helpful to you as it can be used to filter on the offence type and outcome. If you have any questions about this data tool, the Ministry of Justice may be able to help you further and can be contacted at ESD@justice.gov.uk.
The data we publish are only for England and Wales. Crime data for Scotland and Northern Ireland are collected and published separately and you may be able to find what you need by using the links below.
If you have any other crime-related queries, you can email crimestatistics@ons.gov.uk and we will endeavour to help.