Statistics on the reoffending of adults released from custody or starting a community sentence in England and Wales. The dataset is produced by the Ministry of Justice and designated as National Statistics. It was last updated on 2026-07-08.
Use Cases
- Analyze reoffending rates based on the described release-from-custody and community-sentence cohorts.
- Model risk factors for recidivism based on the described offender population in England and Wales.
- Evaluate the impact of different sentencing types on reoffending outcomes based on the described data scope.
Strengths
- Designated as National Statistics, indicating a high standard of quality assurance.
- Produced by the authoritative source agency, the Ministry of Justice.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Ministry of Justice
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:25.585261; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- England and Wales