The length of time suspects can be kept on police bail is to be reviewed after a number of celebrities were left waiting months to hear if they would be charged with sex offences.
The Home Secretary announced the move in a speech at the College of Policing annual conference.
It comes after the Metropolitan Police came under fire over arrests made during Operation Yewtree, which was set up after the Jimmy Savile scandal.
BBC radio presenter Paul Gambaccini and the comedians Jim Davidson and Freddie Starr all had to wait months before finding no action would be taken against them over sex offence allegations.
Gambaccini's lawyers criticised the police after he was told last week he would face no further action, a year after he was questioned by police and released on bail.
Davidson was on bail for eight months and Starr for 18 months before being told no further action would be taken.
Mrs May said: "I am pleased that the college is developing evidence-based guidance to bring consistency, transparency and rigour to the way in which pre-charge bail is used in criminal investigations.
"You have consulted on the operational guidance and will publish your findings shortly.
"But in parallel we must also look at statutory time limits on the use of pre-charge bail to prevent people spending months or even years on bail only for no charges to be brought."
Human rights group Liberty has called for a six-month statutory limit.
Figures released after a Freedom of Information request in May last year showed there were 57,000 on bail – of those 3,000 had been on bail for more than six months.
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