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====CPS Areas====
Most of its casework is dealt with by the fourteen CPS Areas, which are responsible for conducting prosecutions in specific parts of England and Wales; each area is led by a Chief Crown Prosecutor.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=The CPS Areas, CPS Direct, CPS Central Casework Divisions and CPS Proceeds of Crime {{!}} The Crown Prosecution Service|url=https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps-areas-cps-direct-cps-central-casework-divisions-and-cps-proceeds-crime|website=www.cps.gov.uk|access-date=2023-09-13}}</ref> 

The areas are composed of [[List of police forces of the United Kingdom|police force areas]], except in London where the Metropolitan Police are split across two areas. They are:
* Cymru/Wales ([[Dyfed–Powys Police|Dyfed Powys]], [[Gwent Police|Gwent]], [[North Wales Police|North Wales]], [[South Wales Police|South Wales]])
* East Midlands ([[Derbyshire Constabulary|Derbyshire]], [[Leicestershire Police|Leicestershire]], [[Lincolnshire Police|Lincolnshire]], [[Northamptonshire Police|Northamptonshire]], [[Nottinghamshire Police|Nottinghamshire]])
* Eastern ([[Cambridgeshire Constabulary|Cambridgeshire]], [[Essex Police|Essex]], [[Norfolk Constabulary|Norfolk]], [[Suffolk Constabulary|Suffolk]])
* London North ([[Metropolitan Police|Metropolitan]])
* London South ([[City of London Police|City of London]], Metropolitan)
* Mersey Cheshire ([[Cheshire Constabulary|Cheshire]], [[Merseyside Police|Merseyside]])
* North East ([[Cleveland Police|Cleveland]], [[Durham Constabulary|Durham]], [[Northumbria Police|Northumbria]])
* North West ([[Cumbria Constabulary|Cumbria]], [[Greater Manchester Police|Greater Manchester]], [[Lancashire Constabulary|Lancashire]])
* South East ([[Kent Police|Kent]], [[Surrey Police|Surrey]], [[Sussex Police|Sussex]])
* South West ([[Avon and Somerset Police|Avon and Somerset]], [[Devon and Cornwall Police|Devon and Cornwall]], [[Gloucestershire Constabulary|Gloucestershire]])
* Thames and Chiltern ([[Bedfordshire Police|Bedfordshire]], [[Hertfordshire Constabulary|Hertfordshire]], [[Thames Valley Police|Thames Valley]])
* Wessex ([[Dorset Police|Dorset]], [[Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary|Hampshire & Isle of Wight]], [[Wiltshire Police|Wiltshire]])
* West Midlands ([[Staffordshire Police|Staffordshire]], [[Warwickshire Police|Warwickshire]], [[West Mercia Police|West Mercia]], [[West Midlands Police|West Midlands]] and [[British Transport Police]]{{efn|The British Transport Police (BTP) covers the whole of Great Britain, this area deals with BTP prosecutions throughout England and Wales.}})
* Yorkshire and the Humber ([[West Yorkshire Police|West Yorkshire]], [[North Yorkshire Police|North Yorkshire]], [[South Yorkshire Police|South Yorkshire]], [[Humberside Police|Humberside]])

Before a review, these numbered 42 to mirror the police forces (save that CPS London dealt with both of London's territorial police forces).