Convictions
(asked on 20th March 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders sentenced in each of the last five years have (a) one conviction, (b) two convictions and (c) three or more convictions for a (i) knife related crime, (ii) firearms related crime, (iii) rape and (iv) sexual offences.
For parts (i) and (ii), details on whether an offence was firearms related or knife related may be held on court record but to examine individual court records would be of disproportionate cost.
The below table shows the number of offenders sentenced for any offence type in each of the years 2001 to 2021(1,2), with a) one prior conviction b) two prior convictions c) three or more convictions(2) for previous sexual offences(3) and previous rape(4) offences
Year | Number of offenders |
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Previous sexual offence convictions | Previous rape offence convictions |
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1 previous | 2 previous | 3 or more previous | 1 previous | 2 previous | 3 or more previous | ||
2021 | 6078 | 871 | 379 | 1171 | 28 | 4 | |
2020 | 5515 | 779 | 367 | 1012 | 18 | 3 | |
2019 | 6677 | 913 | 431 | 1253 | 28 | 1 | |
2018 | 6837 | 912 | 464 | 1309 | 34 | 6 | |
2017 | 7230 | 1020 | 490 | 1359 | 40 | 3 | |
2016 | 7337 | 1024 | 497 | 1336 | 33 | 2 | |
2015 | 7330 | 948 | 505 | 1260 | 24 | 3 | |
2014 | 7153 | 1000 | 446 | 1247 | 38 | 4 | |
2013 | 6952 | 936 | 476 | 1162 | 45 | 1 | |
2012 | 6957 | 935 | 479 | 1142 | 32 | 2 | |
2011 | 7041 | 960 | 455 | 1130 | 34 | 3 | |
2010 | 6999 | 979 | 458 | 1190 | 29 | 3 | |
2009 | 7017 | 939 | 472 | 1193 | 34 | 2 | |
2008 | 6768 | 1000 | 517 | 1177 | 32 | 1 | |
2007 | 6755 | 1069 | 519 | 1134 | 40 | 3 | |
2006 | 6552 | 1088 | 525 | 1124 | 38 | 2 | |
2005 | 6581 | 1036 | 522 | 1056 | 31 | 0 | |
2004 | 6672 | 1094 | 565 | 1091 | 40 | 0 | |
2003 | 6848 | 1026 | 530 | 1083 | 34 | 0 | |
2002 | 6826 | 992 | 478 | 1085 | 33 | 1 | |
2001 | 6667 | 930 | 456 | 1024 | 30 | 0 | |
Source: MoJ's extract of the Police National Computer |
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1) Offenders are counted once in each of the years in which they received a conviction, where the offender was sentenced in multiple years, they will appear more than once in the table
2) Figures for the years 2020 and 2021 will be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
3) Previous convictions are counted based on the number of occasions on which offenders have previously received a conviction for any offences recorded on the Police National Computer, including some offences committed outside of England and Wales. Where there were multiple offences on the same occasion, only the primary offence as recorded on the Police National Computer would be counted.
4) Previous sexual offences will include previous rape offences, therefore the individuals counted in the previous rape convictions column, will also appear in the previous sexual offence columns.
Rape offences include attempted rape.