Prison Sentences

(asked on 21st November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prisoners in England and Wales who had been released after serving a prison sentence of less than a year went on to re-offend in each of the last five years.


Answered by
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Lord Keen of Elie
This question was answered on 6th December 2017

The proven reoffending data for the last five years, for those released from a custodial sentence of less than 12 months is contained in the table below:

New Data Source

Jan-Mar 2011

Apr-Jun 2011

Jul-Sep 2011

Oct-Dec 2011

Adult offenders

Proportion of offenders who reoffend (%)

62.5

62.2

62.8

61.4

Adjusted2011 proportion of offenders who reoffend (%)

62.5

62.3

62.6

61.4

Average OGRS4/G score

55.6

55.5

55.8

55.5

Average number of reoffences per reoffender

5.53

5.43

5.50

5.47

Number of reoffences

28,160

29,026

30,157

29,827

Number of reoffenders

5,096

5,341

5,483

5,448

Number of offenders in cohort

8,148

8,586

8,726

8,876

Juvenile offenders

Proportion of offenders who reoffend (%)

79.7

80.8

74.1

71.8

Average number of reoffences per reoffender

5.01

4.70

4.49

4.48

Number of reoffences

1,237

1,171

1,077

1,196

Number of reoffenders

247

249

240

267

Number of offenders in cohort

310

308

324

372

All offenders

Proportion of offenders who reoffend (%)

63.2

62.9

63.2

61.8

Average number of reoffences per reoffender

5.50

5.40

5.46

5.43

Number of reoffences

29,397

30,197

31,234

31,023

Number of reoffenders

5,343

5,590

5,723

5,715

Number of offenders in cohort

8,458

8,894

9,050

9,248

Jan-Mar 2012

Apr-Jun 2012

Jul-Sep 2012

Oct-Dec 2012

Adult offenders

Proportion of offenders who reoffend (%)

61.6

62.6

62.2

62.1

Adjusted2011 proportion of offenders who reoffend (%)

60.7

61.8

61.5

61.4

Average OGRS4/G score

56.4

56.4

56.2

56.3

Average number of reoffences per reoffender

5.45

5.58

5.70

5.68

Number of reoffences

29,585

30,320

30,811

30,957

Number of reoffenders

5,426

5,429

5,407

5,452

Number of offenders in cohort

8,814

8,675

8,698

8,775

Juvenile offenders

Proportion of offenders who reoffend (%)

74.5

69.1

81.6

74.8

Average number of reoffences per reoffender

4.58

4.60

4.50

4.49

Number of reoffences

1,109

865

1,080

812

Number of reoffenders

242

188

240

181

Number of offenders in cohort

325

272

294

242

All offenders

Proportion of offenders who reoffend (%)

62.0

62.8

62.8

62.5

Average number of reoffences per reoffender

5.42

5.55

5.65

5.64

Number of reoffences

30,694

31,185

31,891

31,769

Number of reoffenders

5,668

5,617

5,647

5,633

Number of offenders in cohort

9,139

8,947

8,992

9,017

Jan-Mar 2013

Apr-Jun 2013

Jul-Sep 2013

Oct-Dec 2013

Adult offenders

Proportion of offenders who reoffend (%)

63.7

63.9

64.4

63.7

Adjusted2011 proportion of offenders who reoffend (%)

62.2

62.5

62.6

61.7

Average OGRS4/G score

57.1

57.0

57.5

57.6

Average number of reoffences per reoffender

5.82

5.71

5.98

5.92

Number of reoffences

29,430

30,303

31,101

31,014

Number of reoffenders

5,053

5,309

5,199

5,239

Number of offenders in cohort

7,934

8,307

8,067

8,221

Juvenile offenders

Proportion of offenders who reoffend (%)

78.8

73.7

77.5

79.3

Average number of reoffences per reoffender

4.81

5.28

5.04

4.86

Number of reoffences

875

665

675

724

Number of reoffenders

182

126

134

149

Number of offenders in cohort

231

171

173

188

All offenders

Proportion of offenders who reoffend (%)

64.1

64.1

64.7

64.1

Average number of reoffences per reoffender

5.79

5.70

5.96

5.89

Number of reoffences

30,305

30,968

31,776

31,738

Number of reoffenders

5,235

5,435

5,333

5,388

Number of offenders in cohort

8,165

8,478

8,240

8,409

Jan-Mar 2014

Apr-Jun 2014

Jul-Sep 2014

Oct-Dec 2014

Adult offenders

Proportion of offenders who reoffend (%)

65.1

64.0

64.0

64.4

Adjusted2011 proportion of offenders who reoffend (%)

62.7

61.5

62.3

61.9

Average OGRS4/G score

58.0

58.1

57.3

58.0

Average number of reoffences per reoffender

6.09

6.13

6.14

6.08

Number of reoffences

30,614

29,777

30,493

30,313

Number of reoffenders

5,025

4,856

4,967

4,982

Number of offenders in cohort

7,722

7,591

7,760

7,741

Juvenile offenders

Proportion of offenders who reoffend (%)

78.0

77.6

75.6

79.6

Average number of reoffences per reoffender

4.98

5.13

5.50

5.54

Number of reoffences

777

728

666

693

Number of reoffenders

156

142

121

125

Number of offenders in cohort

200

183

160

157

All offenders

Proportion of offenders who reoffend (%)

65.4

64.3

64.2

64.7

Average number of reoffences per reoffender

6.06

6.10

6.12

6.07

Number of reoffences

31,391

30,505

31,159

31,006

Number of reoffenders

5,181

4,998

5,088

5,107

Number of offenders in cohort

7,922

7,774

7,920

7,898

Jan-Mar 2015

Apr-Jun 2015

Jul-Sep 2015

Oct-Dec 2015

Adult offenders

Proportion of offenders who reoffend (%)

63.7

62.6

61.3

65.5

Adjusted2011 proportion of offenders who reoffend (%)

61.9

61.2

60.1

61.7

Average OGRS4/G score

57.4

57.0

56.8

59.5

Average number of reoffences per reoffender

6.21

6.00

5.93

6.01

Number of reoffences

28,285

28,074

26,349

34,641

Number of reoffenders

4,558

4,682

4,441

5,767

Number of offenders in cohort

7,157

7,479

7,247

8,798

Juvenile offenders

Proportion of offenders who reoffend (%)

78.6

75.6

70.4

69.4

Average number of reoffences per reoffender

5.60

5.73

5.71

5.86

Number of reoffences

677

567

639

545

Number of reoffenders

121

99

112

93

Number of offenders in cohort

154

131

159

134

All offenders

Proportion of offenders who reoffend (%)

64.0

62.8

61.5

65.6

Average number of reoffences per reoffender

6.19

5.99

5.93

6.00

Number of reoffences

28,962

28,641

26,988

35,186

Number of reoffenders

4,679

4,781

4,553

5,860

Number of offenders in cohort

7,311

7,610

7,406

8,932

Notes

1. These figures have been derived from administrative IT systems, which as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.

2. A proven reoffence is defined as any offence committed in a one year follow-up period that leads to a court conviction, caution, reprimand or warning in the one year follow-up or within a further six month waiting period to allow the offence to be proven in court.

3. Number of offenders in each disposal category do not sum to the total number of offenders. This is due to a difference in methodology to provide a realistic and relevant view of proven reoffending by disposal type. The first event within each disposal is taken as the start point. Therefore, some offenders will appear in more than one disposal category.

4. From October 2015 onwards, reoffending data are collected using different data sources to previous quarters. Therefore, users should be cautious when making any comparison between the October to December 2015 cohort and earlier cohorts.

5. The average OGRS4/G (Offender Group Reconviction Scale) score is used to control for some differences in offender characteristics across different offender groups. OGRS4/G is based on a well-established, peer-reviewed methodology for assessing and representing reoffending risk.

6. Adjusted2011 proportion of offenders who reoffend (%) is the OGRS4/G-adjusted reoffending rate for a given cohort. It is calculated as the observed reoffending rate for that cohort plus any difference between the OGRS4/G score in that cohort and the 2011 baseline cohort. This calculation standardises the mix of offenders in each cohort to the 2011 mix for that same cohort.

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