Ministry of Justice · Proven reoffending statistics quarterly · 13 values

Adult proven reoffending rate by index offence

The adult proven reoffending rate for each quarterly cohort, split by the offence group of the index offence that brought the offender into the cohort.

latest 12 months to 2024 Q3; 4 quarters summed · total 1,457.1% percent · published 30 July 2026

Index offenceLatest 12 monthsSharePrevious 12 monthsChange
Theft236.7%16.2%220.3%▲ 7.4%
Other155.5%10.7%160.7%▼ 3.2%
Public Order125.9%8.6%121.4%▲ 3.7%
Possession of Weapons120.1%8.2%112.8%▲ 6.4%
Summary Non-motoring112.6%7.7%107.4%▲ 4.9%
Criminal Damage and Arson109.7%7.5%106.6%▲ 2.9%
Robbery103.6%7.1%81%▲ 27.9%
Fraud98.9%6.8%99.9%▼ 1.1%
Miscellaneous Crimes Against Society96%6.6%93.1%▲ 3.1%
Drug93.7%6.4%87.4%▲ 7.2%
Violence Against the Person84%5.8%87.2%▼ 3.7%
Sexual61.7%4.2%52.5%▲ 17.5%
Summary Motoring58.7%4%55.5%▲ 5.7%

Source

Dataset
Proven reoffending statistics quarterly · sheet A4a_(3_monthly)
Rows
All adult offenders / Proportion of offenders who reoffend (%); values are the sum of the published rows for each index offence and period.
Caveat
The offence type of the reoffence; rates for groups with fewer than 30 offenders are not published.
Parent metric
Adult proven reoffending rate
API
/api/metrics/reoffending_rate_by_index_offence/vintages