Table 15: Time taken to finalise allegations in 2024/25

 
Police forceAverage number of  days to finalise  allegations outside of Schedule 3Average  number of  days to finalise  allegations - not investigated under Schedule 3Average  number of  days to finalise  allegations - by local investigation under Schedule 3
Avon & Somerset1484188
Bedfordshire5083196
British Transport924317
Cambridgeshire3066160
Cheshire2163202
City of London (with Action Fraud)11189147
Cleveland15124365
Cumbria1997179
Derbyshire1473137
Devon & Cornwall134170253
Dorset4488169
Durham9240351
Dyfed-Powys13100229
Essex1889150
Gloucestershire82230248
Greater Manchester792277
Gwent54180249
Hampshire1487212
Hertfordshire782178
Humberside767104
Kent1975197
Lancashire4308315
Leicestershire948158
Lincolnshire960137
Merseyside28132195
Metropolitan9146248
Norfolk35145368
North Wales1061207
North Yorkshire124182187
Northamptonshire8145179
Northumbria36137183
Nottinghamshire2992219
South Wales11103236
South Yorkshire3180265
Staffordshire13103255
Suffolk46118233
Surrey15130303
Sussex2657127
Thames Valley5191206
Warwickshire3249144
West Mercia21162289
West Midlands2789322
West Yorkshire674140
Wiltshire51121376
Total20109220

Only allegations with valid dates are used in the calculation for the average number of days to finalise allegations.