Prosecution Performance Indicators 2025–2026 | Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions

Table 1: Prosecution performance indicators for 2025–2026
Description	Target	Outcome	Details successful (Total)
Prosecutions resulting in a finding of guilt (defended matters). Percentage of the total number of defendants found guilty in defended matters.	70% or greater	64%	58(91)
Prosecutions resulting in a finding of guilt (total matters). Percentage of the total number of defendants found guilty.	90% or greater	98%	1594(1627)

Table 2: Prosecution performance indicators from 2022–23 to 2025–26
Description	Target	2022–23	2023–24	2024–25	2025–26
Prosecutions resulting in a finding of guilt (defended matters). Percentage of the total number of defendants found guilty in defended matters.	70% or greater	65%	67%	72%	64%
Prosecutions resulting in a finding of guilt (total matters). Percentage of the total number of defendants found guilty.	90% or greater	97%	98%	99%	98%

The conviction rate is calculated by taking the number of defendants convicted as a percentage of defendants convicted or acquitted. The calculation does not include defendants where the CDPP discontinued the prosecution against them in its entirety or where a prosecution has commenced and the court has issued a warrant to bring the defendant before the court.