The claim
Rape convictions fell during Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s tenure in charge of the Crown Prosecution Service.
Rating
Evaluation: Missing context. According to CPS data, the number of rape convictions, prosecutions, and the proportion of prosecutions ending in convictions were all higher in the year ending March 2014, when Sir Keir left the organisation, than they were in both 2008 – the year he was appointed – and the year before that. Downing Street pointed to data showing convictions falling between the fourth quarter of the year ending March 2011, two years after Sir Keir took charge, and the final quarter of his tenure in 2013, as justification for the Prime Minister’s statement.
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