House of Commons Hansard
29 March 2010
Volume 508
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Table 1 shows the number of adults who reoffended within one year, and the frequency of reoffending (per 100 offenders), broken down by index disposal for adults who commenced a court order or were discharged from custody in the first quarter of 2008. Table 2 shows the number of reoffences committed within one year by the same cohort, broken down by offence type.
Number of offenders in the cohort Number of offenders that reoffended Proportion of offenders that reoffended Number of offences committed per 100 offenders Court Orders 37,619 13,589 36.1 123.2 Community Orders 27,504 10,127 36.8 128.5 Suspended Sentence Orders 9,875 3,392 34.3 108.5 Custody 16,099 7,952 49.4 230.9 Overall total 53,718 21,541 40.1 155.5
Reoffence type Number of reoffences Number of offences 83,516 Violence (serious) 366 Violence (non serious) 9,561 Robbery 665 Public order or riot 7,733 Sexual 365 Sexual (child) 63 Soliciting or prostitution 127 Domestic burglary 1,574 Other burglary 2,339 Theft 25,490 Handling 1,017 Fraud and forgery 1,716 Absconding or bail offences 6,986 Taking and driving away and related offences 1,235 Theft from vehicles 1,229 Other motoring offences 8,198 Drink driving 1,194 Criminal or malicious damage 4,214 Drugs import/export/production/supply 646 Drugs possession/small scale supply 4,719 Other 4,079
Table 3 shows the number of juveniles who reoffended within one year, and the frequency of reoffending (per 100 offenders), broken down by index disposal for juveniles released from custody or commencing a non-custodial court disposal or given an out-of-court disposal in the first quarter of 2008. Table 4 shows the number of reoffences committed within one year by the same cohort, broken down by offence type.
Number of offenders in the cohort Number of offenders that reoffended Proportion of offenders that reoffended Number of offences committed per 100 offenders Out-of-court disposal 26,962 6,787 25.2 55.5 First-tier penalty 9,951 4,534 45.6 141.8 Discharge 2,008 1,052 52.4 183.6 Fine 1,089 616 56.6 190.5 Referral Order 5,915 2,249 38.0 102.0 Reparation Order 939 617 65.7 246.5 Community penalty 6,359 4,296 67.6 265.9 Attendance Centre Order 634 399 62.9 208.7 Supervision Order 2,721 1,931 71.0 294.5 Action Plan Order 1,031 658 63.8 224.2 Community Rehabilitation Order 688 470 68.3 267.2 Community Punishment Order 346 220 63.6 238.2 Curfew Order 610 421 69.0 297.0 Unknown 329 197 59.9 239.5 Custody 816 606 74.3 342.5 Other disposal 749 490 65.4 308.9 Total 44,837 16,713 37.3 113.9
Reoffence type Number of reoffences Number of reoffences 51,084 Violence (serious) 281 Violence (non serious) 10,117 Robbery 1,267 Public order or riot 5,609 Sexual 80 Sexual (child) 52 Soliciting or prostitution 0 Domestic burglary 1,745 Other burglary 1,370 Theft 7,558 Handling 748 Fraud and forgery 627 Absconding or bail offences 1,786 Taking and driving away and related offences 1,571 Theft from vehicles 645 Other motoring offences 4,210 Drink driving 281 Criminal or malicious damage 6,775 Drugs import/export/production/supply 250 Drugs possession/small scale supply 3,063 Other 3,049
The definition of a reoffence differs between adults and juveniles. For adults, any offence within a year of release from custody or commencement of a court order, which is proven by court conviction within 18 months of release, is counted as a reoffence. For juveniles released from custody or commencing a non-custodial court disposal or given an out-of-court disposal, an offence proven by court conviction or a caution within the same time period is counted as a reoffence. For this reasons the adult and juvenile reoffending rates are not directly comparable.
Adult and juvenile reoffending data for the 2008 cohort were published on 18 March 2010, copies of which have been placed in the House of Commons Library.
Alternatively, further information on adult reoffending is available at:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/reoffendingof adults.htm
Further information on juvenile reoffending is available at:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/reoffending juveniles.htm