Statistics
Statutory Functions
The Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1983 (Cth) (DPP Act) 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 indictments.
- consent to conspiracy proceedings.
CDPP statutory function statistics for 2025–2026
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.
CDPP prosecution performance indicators 2025–2026
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.
- Prosecutions on indictment.
- Prosecution appeals against sentence.
- Defence appeals.
CDPP prosecution statistics for 2025–2026
CDPP prosecution statistics for 2024–2025