We do not have figures on reoffending occurring within three months of leaving prison. On an annual basis we publish rates which measure reoffending over a 12 month period. The following table shows the number and proportion of offenders released from custody who committed a reoffence (where the offender was subsequently convicted of this offence at court) and the number and proportion of those who reoffended and given a custodial sentence for this reoffence within a 12 month period.
Number of releases from prison Number of offenders reoffending Percentage of offenders reoffending Number of reoffenders who received a prison sentence Percentage of reoffenders who received a prison sentence Ql 2002 15,578 8,574 55.0 3,841 24.7 Ql 2003 14,358 7,738 53.9 3,614 25.1 Ql 2004 15,761 8,185 51.9 3,764 23.9 Ql 2005 14,595 7,165 49.1 3,405 23.3 Ql 2006 14,380 6,686 46.5 3,113 21.6
The latest reoffending statistics, 'Reoffending of adults: results from the 2006 cohort', including additional information on frequency and severity of reoffending, were published on 4 September 2008 and can be obtained from the Ministry of Justice website
http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/reoffendingofadults.htm.
It showed that between the 2000 and 2006 cohorts, frequency of reoffending fell by 22.9 per cent. severity of reoffending fell by 11.1 per cent. and the proportion of offenders reoffending fell by 10.7 per cent.