The table shows the one year adult reoffending rates for offenders in England and Wales released from custody in the first quarter (1 January to 31 March) of the years 2000 to 2007, who served a custodial sentence of less than two years for a serious violent offence. The table shows the proportion of offenders who committed at least one further offence and the frequency of offences per 100 offenders.
Number of offenders Number of reoffenders Actual reoffending rate Number of offences per 100 offenders Q1 2000 346 107 30.9 100.6 Q1 2002 391 115 29.4 94.6 Q1 2003 343 93 27.1 98.5 Q1 2004 349 75 21.5 78.8 Q1 2005 307 70 22.8 66.8 Q1 2006 283 65 23.0 73.1 Q1 2007 241 63 26.1 72.6 Note: Data for 2001 are unavailable due to problems with archived data
Further information on the one year rates of reoffending can be found in
http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/reoffendingofadults.htm.
Appendix G contains a list of serious violent offences.
The figures for reoffences include offences of all types. An offender whose original offence was serious violence and who reoffended, may not have committed any more serious violent offences.
While the small cohort size makes these measures highly volatile, there has been a decline in both the actual reoffending rate and the number of reoffences committed since 2000.
The available information is shown in the table. The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) holds statistical information on the number of offenders charged with serious further violent offences while under probation supervision. However, this does not include all types of violent offence.
The table contains data on the number of offenders, managed by the National Probation Service for England and Wales, who were charged with certain violent offences, where there was a requirement initially to notify NOMS, in line with Serious Further Offence Probation Circulars 06/2006 and 41/2006.
Data is only held for 2006-07 onwards. Data for 2008-09 will be published in the annual Offender Management Caseload Statistics (OMCS), which is scheduled for publication on 31 July. This will also include those offenders who were notified to NOMS, in line with the Serious Further Offence Probation Circular 22/2008 which took effect on 1 December 2008. OMCS provide the offence breakdown by conviction rather than charge, where notified cases have proceeded to a review. I will write to the hon. Member with an updated table, once OMCS are published, showing the number of offenders who were charged with serious violent offences for 2008-09.
England and Wales notifications Serious violent offence description 2006-07 2007-08 1 April 2008 to 30 September 2008 Aggravated burglary (section 10 of the Theft Act 1968) — 26 75 Aggravated theft 75 59 — Aggravated vehicle-taking involving an accident which caused the death of any person (Section 12A of the Theft Act 1968) — — 1 Arson (section 1 of the Criminal Damage Act 1971) 90 93 42 Attempt to cause explosion, or making or keeping explosive with intent to endanger life or property (section 3 of the Explosive Substances Act 1883) — — 1 Attempt to commit murder or a conspiracy to commit murder 47 62 21 Attempting to choke, suffocate or strangle in order to commit or assist in committing an indictable offence (section 21 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861) — 1 — Burglary with intent to: (a) inflict grievous bodily harm on a person or (b) do unlawful damage to a building or anything in it. (section 9 of the Theft Act 1968) — 11 17 Carrying a firearm with criminal intent (section 18 of the Firearms Act 1968) — 2 1 Causing or allowing the death of a child or vulnerable adult, also called ‘familial homicide’ (Section 5 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004) — — — Causing death by careless driving when under influence of drink or drugs (section 3A of the Road Traffic Act 1988) 1 2 2 Causing death by dangerous driving (section 1 of the Road Traffic Act 1988) 14 8 6 Destroying or damaging property other than an offence of arson (section 1 (2) of the Criminal Damage Act 1971) — 1 — False imprisonment 56 60 35 Kidnapping 65 76 39 Manslaughter 7 9 4 Murder 129 107 64 Other explosives offences 2 — — Other offences against the person 22 15 1 Other serious violent offence 92 65 5 Possession of firearm at time of committing or being arrested for offence specified in Schedule 1 to that Act (section 17(2) of the Firearms Act 1968) — 5 10 Possession of firearm with intent to endanger life (section 16 of the Firearms Act 1968) — 4 20 Robbery or assault with intent to rob (section 8 of the Theft Act 1968) 1 11 18 Use of firearm to resist arrest (section 17(1) of the Firearms Act 1968) — — — Serious firearms offences (SFO) 55 96 — Soliciting murder (section 4 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861) — — 1 Wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm (section 18 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861) 454 567 352 Total 1,110 1,280 715