The CPS said figures for 2014-2015 had shown an increase in the figure of successful prosecutions for sexual offences, child sex abuse and domestic violence cases and honour-based violence.
It said there had been more people charged with rape than ever before, something Christian campaigner Jill Saward welcomed.
She was raped during a robbery at Ealing Vicarage in 1986 and has spoken up for female survivors of violence since.
"I think there's a sense in which people feel now they will be believed," she said, "when they might have tried to say something when they were children in the 70s and 80s there was a very different culture."
The CPS said in total there were 107,104 cases of violence against women and girls that were prosecuted, that's a rise of 18.3% on the year before.
Convictions rose to its highest level at 78,773 - up 16.9%.
The CPS added that because of the increase in people reporting rape the conviction rate fell to 56.9% - despite a record number of people found guilty of the offence.
The increase in reporting of offences is being accredited to the Jimmy Savile scandal.
Ms Saward, speaking on Premier's News Hour, added: "Savile has been a real watershed and it's really shown people they can come forward, they can report the abuse from the past.
"They don't have to worry that it was a long time ago and nobody will believe them, or this is somebody that seemed untouchable that nobody would have believed."
Alison Saunders, Director of Public Prosecutions, said: "Where cases meet the Code for Crown Prosecutors, we will not shy away from taking cases forward, even when they are difficult and complex.
"Of course, this additional volume of violence against women and girls work brings challenges for prosecutors not only in terms of numbers, but the type of cases we are seeing - prosecutors across England and Wales are telling me that we are seeing more non-recent child sexual abuse cases and more of the particularly complex rape cases coming forward.
"While there has been a slight drop in the rape conviction rate, we are bringing the right, although often the more difficult, cases to court as they are left to the jury to decide.
"Anyone who is a victim of these crimes should feel encouraged by this news and confident that they will be believed when reporting these crimes."
Jill Saward speaking to Premier's Hannah Tooley: