The NSW Reoffending Database (ROD) contains information on each person who has been convicted of a criminal offence in NSW since 1994 and is used by the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research to determine the proportion of offenders who have been re-convicted for a further offence.
| What percentage of convicted offenders who receive a penalty other than prison re-offend over the next 12 months? | What percentage of sentenced prisoners released from custody re-offend within the next 12 months? |
| The table below shows the percentage of people convicted in 2016, 2017 and 2018 who received a penalty other than prison who were reconvicted of another offence within the next 12 months. | The table below shows the percentage of prisoners exiting prison in 2016, 2017 and 2018 who were reconvicted of another offence within the next 12 months. |
| Adults | 20.8% | 20.5% | 21.0% | | Juveniles | 41.7% | 44.0% | 40.8% |
| | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | | Adults | 39.3% | 40.5% | 42.2% | | Juveniles | 63.4% | 63.9% | 64.2% |
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The table below provides further information on:
1) the number of convicted offenders receiving a penalty other than prison who re-offend within 12 months, by gender, age and Indigenous status between 2000 and 2018.
2) the number of sentenced prisoners exiting prison who re-offend within 12 months, by gender, age and Indigenous status between 2000 and 2018.
3) the number of convicted adult offenders who re-offend within the same offence group within 12 months by offence between 2008 and 2018.
4) the number of convicted adult offenders who re-offend with any offence within 12 months by offence between 2008 and 2018.
Tables: Re-offending in NSW Excel Table
The next update will be available: May 2021
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