Shoplifting: Reoffenders
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people convicted for shoplifting offences reoffended within (a) 12 months and (b) two years in each of the last five years.
Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin
The proven reoffending rate for the adult cohort convicted of shoplifting offences between 2017/18 and 2021/22 (the latest year for which reoffending data is available) can be found in the table below, along with the number of offenders and reoffenders included in this cohort. The proven reoffending rate is calculated using a 12-month follow up period.
Table 1: Rate of reoffending for adults convicted of shoplifting offences in England and Wales in 12-month follow up period, across the past five years | |||||
| Apr 17 – Mar 18 | Apr 18 - Mar 19 | Apr 19 -Mar 20 | Apr 20 -Mar 21 | Apr 21 - Mar 22 |
Proportion of offenders who reoffend (%) | 59.0 | 58.2 | 54.8 | 54.0 | 60.3 |
Number of offenders in cohort | 41,222 | 35,159 | 28,790 | 16,036 | 15,358 |
Number of reoffenders | 24,305 | 20,463 | 15,774 | 8,661 | 9,265 |
The proven reoffending methodology is complex and based on a one-year reoffending rate. Providing this information for a new 2-year reoffending measure would be of disproportionate cost.
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