Ramsarran said the cases had been handled against a backdrop of significant pressure on the criminal justice system, including busy court lists, late or incomplete information, and the need for agencies to make decisions quickly.
While that did not lessen responsibility for the failings, she said it was important to understand the circumstances in which they had occurred.
She said measures were being introduced to strengthen training, improve oversight of cases and enhance the handling of bail and risk assessments in serious sexual offence investigations.
Levy had attacked the three women while on bail for sex assaults on trains in London, and went on to carry out further assaults on public transport.
Ramsarran explained how Levy was convicted in February of sexually assaulting 10 women on London’s Tubes and trains.
She added: “Nothing can undo the harm caused, but we hope these convictions provide some measure of justice.”
Helena Croft, the chief executive officer of StreetlightUK charity, said this case “demonstrated the need to treat women involved in the sex industry as women at risk of serious violence”.
She said there were “missed opportunities around listening to frontline services, information sharing, and making full use of specialist organisations that had established relationships with the women most at risk”.
Judge Mark Lucraft KC adjourned sentencing until 12 August and remanded Levy into custody.
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