Civometry

Ministry of Justice · 13 December 2019 – 5 July 2024

Proven reoffending rate during the Conservative 2019–2024 government

2019 Q3 → 2024 Q2 · 19 periods

↑ 13.7%+3.6% percent

Proven reoffending rate rose by 13.7% over the period, from 26% percent (2019 Q3, the level when the government took office) to 29.6% (2024 Q2, the last complete period before it left office).

  1. Inherited level 2019 Q3: 26%
  2. Level when it left 2024 Q2: 29.6%
  3. method: latest complete period before start / before end

Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.

Proven reoffending rate: 2013 Q2 to 2024 Q3CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0%10%20%30%201420162018202020222024Before: Reoffending measured from the earlier data sources. After: Reoffending measured from different data sources, from the October to December 2015 cohort.methodology change2013 Q2: 31.7% percent · published 30 July 20262013 Q3: 31.5% percent · published 30 July 20262013 Q4: 30.7% percent · published 30 July 20262014 Q1: 30.6% percent · published 30 July 20262014 Q2: 30.5% percent · published 30 July 20262014 Q3: 30.3% percent · published 30 July 20262014 Q4: 29.8% percent · published 30 July 20262015 Q1: 29.4% percent · published 30 July 20262015 Q2: 29.5% percent · published 30 July 20262015 Q3: 29.2% percent · published 30 July 20262015 Q4: 29.6% percent · published 30 July 20262016 Q1: 29.6% percent · published 30 July 20262016 Q2: 29.4% percent · published 30 July 20262016 Q3: 29.5% percent · published 30 July 20262016 Q4: 29.4% percent · published 30 July 20262017 Q1: 29.2% percent · published 30 July 20262017 Q2: 29.8% percent · published 30 July 20262017 Q3: 29.3% percent · published 30 July 20262017 Q4: 28.8% percent · published 30 July 20262018 Q1: 28.7% percent · published 30 July 20262018 Q2: 28.8% percent · published 30 July 20262018 Q3: 28.6% percent · published 30 July 20262018 Q4: 28.1% percent · published 30 July 20262019 Q1: 26.7% percent · published 30 July 20262019 Q2: 26.3% percent · published 30 July 20262019 Q3: 26% percent · published 30 July 20262019 Q4: 25.2% percent · published 30 July 20262020 Q1: 24.7% percent · published 30 July 20262020 Q2: 29% percent · published 30 July 20262020 Q3: 23.5% percent · published 30 July 20262020 Q4: 23.1% percent · published 30 July 20262021 Q1: 24.3% percent · published 30 July 20262021 Q2: 24.8% percent · published 30 July 20262021 Q3: 25.2% percent · published 30 July 20262021 Q4: 25.4% percent · published 30 July 20262022 Q1: 25.5% percent · published 30 July 20262022 Q2: 25.8% percent · published 30 July 20262022 Q3: 26.5% percent · published 30 July 20262022 Q4: 26.4% percent · published 30 July 20262023 Q1: 26.5% percent · published 30 July 20262023 Q2: 27.5% percent · published 30 July 20262023 Q3: 28% percent · published 30 July 20262023 Q4: 28.3% percent · published 30 July 20262024 Q1: 28.9% percent · published 30 July 20262024 Q2: 29.6% percent · published 30 July 20262024 Q3: 29.9% percent · published 30 July 2026
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Definition and caveats

The percentage of adult and child offenders in England and Wales released from custody, given a non-custodial court disposal or cautioned in the quarter who committed a further offence within one year that led to a court conviction or caution within a further six months.

Doesn’t measure: Offending that was not proved in court or by caution, reoffending after the one-year window, or offenders who could not be matched to the Police National Computer.