Statistics
Statutory Functions
The Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1983 (Cth) empowers the Director to exercise a range of statutory functions and powers, including to:
- discontinue a prosecution;
- take over a prosecution instigated by another person;
- grant an indemnity;
- institute a proceeding on ex officio indictment; and
- consent to conspiracy proceedings
- commence proceedings for an offence against section 121 of the Family Law Act 1975 (now repealed)
CDPP statutory function statistics for 2024–2025
CDPP statutory function statistics for 2023–2024
CDPP statutory function statistics for 2022–2023
Performance Indicators
Each year the CDPP reports against the following performance indicators:
- Prosecutions resulting in a conviction.
- Defendants in defended summary hearings resulting in conviction.
- Defendants in defended committals resulting in a committal order.
- Defendants tried on indictment and convicted.
- Prosecution sentence appeals in summary prosecutions upheld.
- Prosecution sentence appeals in a prosecution on indictment upheld.
CDPP prosecution performance indicators 2024–2025
CDPP performance indicators for 2023–2024
CDPP performance indicators for 2022–2023
Prosecution Statistics
The CDPP also reports on the following statistics:
- Outcomes of successful prosecutions.
- Summary prosecutions.
- Committals.
- Prosecutions on indictment.
- Prosecution appeals against sentence.
- Defence appeals.
CDPP prosecution statistics for 2024–2025