Nearly a third of Halton criminals reoffend in a year
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ALMOST a third of criminals in Halton go on to re-offend within a year. According to new figures from the Office For National Statistics (ONS), 1,434 offenders in the borough received a noncustodial conviction or were released from prison in 2015-16.
A total of 448 of those – 31% – went on to commit another offence within 12 months.
In total across the rest of the Liverpool City Region, 16,656 offenders were either cautioned, received a non-custodial conviction or were released from prison in 201516.
5,153 of those – 31% of the total – went on to commit another offence within 12 months.
The data only includes people who were ● caught re-offending and punished for it – either with a conviction, caution, reprimand or warning.
That means the number of people who actually went on to commit another crime could be much higher.
Men and boys in the area were much more likely to reoffend than women and girls.
Across Merseyside, 32% of male criminals committed another offence within a year of their release, compared to just 25% of female offenders.
Age also played a large part in how likely someone is to reoffend – 48% of juvenile criminals in Merseyside reoffended, compared to 30% of adults.
Similarly, the type of offence also had an effect on re-offending rates, with more than half of those who had committed theft going on to reoffend, while in cases of fraud just 6% did so.
People who had been found guilty of public order offences and robbery were also some of the more likely ones to commit further crimes.
Those who re-offended in the region went on to commit between three and four offences each, on average.