Table 15: Time taken to finalise allegations in 2025/26
| Police force | Average number of days to finalise allegations outside of Schedule 3 | Average number of days to finalise allegations - not investigated under Schedule 3 | Average number of days to finalise allegations - by local investigation under Schedule 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avon and Somerset | 14 | 89 | 205 |
| Bedfordshire | 20 | 64 | 202 |
| British Transport | 13 | 39 | 225 |
| Cambridgeshire | 47 | 65 | 183 |
| Cheshire | 24 | 70 | 150 |
| City of London | 20 | 72 | 340 |
| Cleveland | 16 | 120 | 244 |
| Cumbria | 6 | 52 | 100 |
| Derbyshire | 9 | 86 | 134 |
| Devon and Cornwall | 95 | 195 | 434 |
| Dorset | 46 | 122 | 240 |
| Durham | 17 | 176 | 272 |
| Dyfed-Powys | 20 | 104 | 260 |
| Essex | 21 | 119 | 186 |
| Gloucestershire | 69 | 240 | 386 |
| Greater Manchester | 9 | 76 | 290 |
| Gwent | 19 | 70 | 426 |
| Hampshire | 17 | 113 | 261 |
| Hertfordshire | 18 | 60 | 190 |
| Humberside | 9 | 67 | 70 |
| Kent | 33 | 87 | 170 |
| Lancashire | 5 | 368 | 351 |
| Leicestershire | 7 | 35 | 139 |
| Lincolnshire | 9 | 51 | 169 |
| Merseyside | 29 | 161 | 261 |
| Metropolitan | 8 | 102 | 204 |
| Norfolk | 26 | 157 | 227 |
| North Wales | 9 | 80 | 139 |
| North Yorkshire | 87 | 205 | 309 |
| Northamptonshire | 8 | 154 | 175 |
| Northumbria | 40 | 132 | 198 |
| Nottinghamshire | 30 | 95 | 278 |
| Report Fraud | 193 | 168 | 0 |
| South Wales | 13 | 111 | 254 |
| South Yorkshire | 29 | 124 | 320 |
| Staffordshire | 13 | 149 | 217 |
| Suffolk | 34 | 160 | 325 |
| Surrey | 13 | 118 | 261 |
| Sussex | 19 | 61 | 142 |
| Thames Valley | 15 | 103 | 246 |
| Warwickshire | 25 | 72 | 169 |
| West Mercia | 7 | 117 | 183 |
| West Midlands | 21 | 99 | 352 |
| West Yorkshire | 11 | 64 | 172 |
| Wiltshire | 50 | 209 | 319 |
| Total average | 22 | 106 | 229 |
Only allegations with valid dates are used in the calculation for the average number of days to finalise allegations.