Criminal Records Bureau Returns
Posted by News Editor
Friday, January 27, 2006

Following a request by FACT for information under the Freedom of Information Act the Criminal Records Bureau have released the following statistical information.

Returns submitted to employers/prospective employers

2002-2003

2003-2004

2004-2005

Subject has no criminal conviction.

1,375,026

2,177,441

2,238,650

Subject has criminal record (see note 1)

62,697

107,627

125,902

Subject has no criminal record but has been the subject of allegations of alleged misconduct which falls short of a conviction (see note 2)

6,316

10,132

11,140

Explanatory Notes:

Note 1
These figures relate to convictions, cautions, reprimands, and warnings held on the CRB extract of the Police National Computer

Note 2
The figures show returns where the subject has no criminal record but has been the subject of allegations of misconduct which falls short of a conviction. The figures relate to information provided by local police forces for enhanced disclosures only and/or information contained on one or more of the following lists:-

The figures referred to above do not all necessarily relate to allegations of physical, sexual, emotional abuse. They may include other 'offence' history such as fraud, drug related convictions - where they are relevant factors in any employment application.