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Ministry of Justice · percent

Adult proven reoffending rate under each government

The full published series with each government’s time in office shaded. The table gives the level each government inherited and the last complete period before it left. Changes describe the period, not a cause. Definitions and caveats are on the metric page.

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
Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestDashed line: change in coverage or methodShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
GovernmentInheritedLeft at / latestChange during government
Labour 2024–5 July 2024 – presentFewer than two periods have been published during this government, so no change is shown yet.
Conservative 2019–202413 December 2019 – 5 July 202425.6%2019 Q329.5%2024 Q2↑ 15.0%+3.8%
Conservative 2017–20199 June 2017 – 13 December 201928.4%2017 Q125.6%2019 Q3↓ 9.8%−2.8%
Conservative 2015–20178 May 2015 – 9 June 201728.2%2015 Q128.4%2017 Q1↑ 0.7%+0.2%
Coalition 2010–201511 May 2010 – 8 May 2015No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 2005–20106 May 2005 – 11 May 2010No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 2001–20058 June 2001 – 5 May 2005No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 1997–20012 May 1997 – 7 June 2001No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1992–199710 April 1992 – 2 May 1997No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1987–199212 June 1987 – 9 April 1992No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1983–198710 June 1983 – 11 June 1987No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1979–19834 May 1979 – 9 June 1983No complete period was published before this government took office.