Proven reoffending rate, England and Wales
The share of adult, child and all offenders in England and Wales who commit a proven reoffence within a year, for each three-month cohort since April to June 2013, from the Ministry of Justice's proven reoffending statistics.
Proven reoffending rate
30.11%
Q4 2024
Verified against source, 4 November 2026, 02:01 UTC- Adults
- Children
- All offenders
Source: Ministry of Justice. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
47 periods, newest first
| Period | Adults | Children | All offenders |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | 30.08% | 31.01% | 30.11% |
| Q3 2024 | 29.73% | 33.31% | 29.88% |
| Q2 2024 | 29.46% | 32.85% | 29.60% |
| Q1 2024 | 28.83% | 31.37% | 28.94% |
| Q4 2023 | 28.15% | 32.27% | 28.34% |
| Q3 2023 | 27.79% | 31.79% | 27.96% |
| Q2 2023 | 27.28% | 31.58% | 27.47% |
| Q1 2023 | 26.24% | 33.05% | 26.53% |
| Q4 2022 | 26.15% | 31.39% | 26.38% |
| Q3 2022 | 26.22% | 32.15% | 26.49% |
| Q2 2022 | 25.43% | 33.34% | 25.78% |
| Q1 2022 | 25.09% | 34.20% | 25.46% |
| Q4 2021 | 25.06% | 32.47% | 25.37% |
| Q3 2021 | 25.02% | 30.32% | 25.23% |
| Q2 2021 | 24.44% | 31.61% | 24.76% |
| Q1 2021 | 23.96% | 31.07% | 24.30% |
| Q4 2020 | 22.74% | 29.18% | 23.05% |
| Q3 2020 | 23.01% | 32.46% | 23.53% |
| Q2 2020 | 28.77% | 32.57% | 29.01% |
| Q1 2020 | 24.13% | 34.10% | 24.67% |
| Q4 2019 | 24.69% | 34.35% | 25.20% |
| Q3 2019 | 25.62% | 33.05% | 26.03% |
| Q2 2019 | 25.75% | 35.28% | 26.30% |
| Q1 2019 | 26.08% | 36.43% | 26.67% |
| Q4 2018 | 27.48% | 37.31% | 28.05% |
| Q3 2018 | 27.93% | 39.66% | 28.62% |
| Q2 2018 | 28.18% | 37.65% | 28.76% |
| Q1 2018 | 28.03% | 39.21% | 28.73% |
| Q4 2017 | 28.13% | 38.01% | 28.77% |
| Q3 2017 | 28.68% | 38.11% | 29.30% |
| Q2 2017 | 29.21% | 38.35% | 29.85% |
| Q1 2017 | 28.39% | 39.88% | 29.18% |
| Q4 2016 | 28.58% | 40.44% | 29.43% |
| Q3 2016 | 28.57% | 41.74% | 29.49% |
| Q2 2016 | 28.50% | 41.64% | 29.43% |
| Q1 2016 | 28.67% | 42.32% | 29.63% |
| Q4 2015 | 28.66% | 41.79% | 29.61% |
| Q3 2015 | 28.16% | 41.94% | 29.20% |
| Q2 2015 | 28.47% | 42.85% | 29.55% |
| Q1 2015 | 28.21% | 43.35% | 29.37% |
| Q4 2014 | 28.77% | 41.98% | 29.81% |
| Q3 2014 | 29.18% | 42.38% | 30.26% |
| Q2 2014 | 29.40% | 42.70% | 30.54% |
| Q1 2014 | 29.42% | 43.57% | 30.59% |
| Q4 2013 | 29.53% | 42.63% | 30.67% |
| Q3 2013 | 30.44% | 42.57% | 31.53% |
| Q2 2013 | 30.62% | 42.94% | 31.74% |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Ministry of Justice
- Check it yourself
- https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/proven-reoffending-statistics
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 4 November 2026, 01:57 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://www.gov.uk/api/content/government/statistics/proven-reoffending-statistics-october-to-december-2024SHA-256 963b4a1e0ec2af80e820ccad07d191ac34669396de8ed60c874a44078a991fe2 · 16,469 bytes
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Verification
Verified against source, 4 November 2026, 02:01 UTC Run at 4 November 2026, 02:01 UTC; 141 of 141 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Ministry of Justice; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-04T01:57:40Z; 2 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 2 of 2 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 141 of 141 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 141 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 141 of 141 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Pass | GOV.UK table is current | latest period 2024-12-31 ended 673 days before retrieval (limit 820), from Proven reoffending tables (3 monthly), October 2024 to December 2024 |
| Pass | The release's bulletin agrees | 3 of 3 figures the bulletin https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/proven-reoffending-statistics-october-to-december-2024/proven-reoffending-statistics-october-to-december-2024 states match, each rounded half up as it rounds them |
| Pass | Each rate is reoffenders over the cohort | 141 of 141 cases of the cohorts give reoffenders ÷ offenders × 100 as their rate, all unrounded within 1e-09 (141 exactly) |
| Pass | Adults and children add up to all offenders | 94 of 94 cases of the cohorts' reoffenders and offenders sum from adults and children to all |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/proven-reoffending-statistics – HTTP 200 |
Notes
- Offenders released from custody, given a non-custodial conviction, caution or other out-of-court disposal in each three-month cohort, and the share who commit an offence in the following year that is proven by a court conviction or caution within six months more, as Table A1 gives it. Children are those aged 10 to 17. The Ministry of Justice's annual cohorts are counted differently and are not used here.
- Quarters are the cohort's three months: 2024 Q4 is the cohort of October to December 2024.