Convictions
(asked on 8th January 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of (a) ten or more and (b) one hundred or more offences in each of the last five years.
Number of offenders1 convicted by number of previous convictions, England and Wales2, annually from year ending June 2014
Year ending June | Number of offenders with 10 or more previous convictions | Number of offenders with 100 or more previous convictions |
2014 | 101,320 | 307 |
2015 | 98,298 | 345 |
2016 | 94,125 | 371 |
2017 | 88,610 | 375 |
2018 | 82,860 | 368 |
Source: Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer
Notes:
1) Each individual offender is counted only once for each year but may be counted in multiple years.
2) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police.