Reoffending rates drop in Guernsey

Monday, 13 January 2025 07:05

Home Affairs figures show that in the five years ending 2023, the reconviction rate for prisoners has declined dramatically.

Home Affairs says, that as of 2023, 21% of prisoners released without post-custody supervision reoffended within 2 years - compared to 41.5% in 2019.

The 2023 reoffending figure drops to 7%, for those who received post-custody supervision - down from 24.5% in 2018.

15.5% of adults who received a community service sentence were reconvicted within two years by 2023, compared to 20% in 2018.

Deputy Rob Prow, President of the Committee for Home Affairs, says the decline is thanks to the hard work of the prison and probation service in Guernsey.

“Reconviction rates are an excellent barometer of how well our prison service and the charities, commissions and organisations which support it are performing when it comes to rehabilitating offenders and assisting them back into the community.

The numbers for the past five years, demonstrate how effective that work is proving to be.

It is extremely encouraging to see the ever-decreasing rate of reoffending and I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the teams working in this area on their hard work.”

Of the individuals who left the prison in the past five years the table below sets out how many of those were reconvicted of an offence within a two year period, and of those, how many received a further custodial sentence as an outcome of their reconviction.