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Adult proven reoffending rate: record highs and lows

The extremes of adult proven reoffending rate as published by Ministry of Justice, across the 46 periods held here (2013 Q2 to 2024 Q3). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.

The latest figure, 29.7% in 2024 Q3, is the highest since 2013 Q3, when it was 30.4% — every period between was lower. The rule: a period counts as beaten only when its figure is strictly below the latest, and the claim is only made when it reaches back at least five years.

Highest published

30.6%2013 Q2

Lowest published

22.7%2020 Q4

The full series

Adult 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: 30.6% percent · published 30 July 20262013 Q3: 30.4% percent · published 30 July 20262013 Q4: 29.5% percent · published 30 July 20262014 Q1: 29.4% percent · published 30 July 20262014 Q2: 29.4% percent · published 30 July 20262014 Q3: 29.2% percent · published 30 July 20262014 Q4: 28.8% percent · published 30 July 20262015 Q1: 28.2% percent · published 30 July 20262015 Q2: 28.5% percent · published 30 July 20262015 Q3: 28.2% percent · published 30 July 20262015 Q4: 28.7% percent · published 30 July 20262016 Q1: 28.7% percent · published 30 July 20262016 Q2: 28.5% percent · published 30 July 20262016 Q3: 28.6% percent · published 30 July 20262016 Q4: 28.6% percent · published 30 July 20262017 Q1: 28.4% percent · published 30 July 20262017 Q2: 29.2% percent · published 30 July 20262017 Q3: 28.7% percent · published 30 July 20262017 Q4: 28.1% percent · published 30 July 20262018 Q1: 28% percent · published 30 July 20262018 Q2: 28.2% percent · published 30 July 20262018 Q3: 27.9% percent · published 30 July 20262018 Q4: 27.5% percent · published 30 July 20262019 Q1: 26.1% percent · published 30 July 20262019 Q2: 25.8% percent · published 30 July 20262019 Q3: 25.6% percent · published 30 July 20262019 Q4: 24.7% percent · published 30 July 20262020 Q1: 24.1% percent · published 30 July 20262020 Q2: 28.8% percent · published 30 July 20262020 Q3: 23% percent · published 30 July 20262020 Q4: 22.7% percent · published 30 July 20262021 Q1: 24% percent · published 30 July 20262021 Q2: 24.4% percent · published 30 July 20262021 Q3: 25% percent · published 30 July 20262021 Q4: 25.1% percent · published 30 July 20262022 Q1: 25.1% percent · published 30 July 20262022 Q2: 25.4% percent · published 30 July 20262022 Q3: 26.2% percent · published 30 July 20262022 Q4: 26.1% percent · published 30 July 20262023 Q1: 26.2% percent · published 30 July 20262023 Q2: 27.3% percent · published 30 July 20262023 Q3: 27.8% percent · published 30 July 20262023 Q4: 28.2% percent · published 30 July 20262024 Q1: 28.8% percent · published 30 July 20262024 Q2: 29.5% percent · published 30 July 20262024 Q3: 29.7% percent · published 30 July 2026
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What a record here is, and is not

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