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<p>Data showing the proportion of offenders who were sentenced to custody by the number
of community orders served in each of the last five years can be viewed in the table
below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Proportion<sup>1</sup> of offenders<sup>2</sup> who received
an immediate custodial sentence<sup>3</sup> by year and number of previous community
orders<sup>4,5</sup>, England and Wales<sup>6</sup>, 2016 to 2020</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td
rowspan="2"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Previous community
orders</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1
to 4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5 to 9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10 or
more</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>41%</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="5"><p><strong>Source: </strong>Ministry of Justice extract of the Police
National Computer</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>1 - Proportion refers to
the number of offenders who have received previous community orders as a proportion
of those who received an immediate custodial sentence in each year. The proportions
have been rounded to whole numbers.</p><p>2 - Offenders are counted once in each year
but may appear in multiple years if they received an immediate custodial sentence
in more than one of the five years.</p><p>3- Immediate custodial sentences include
types of detention other than adult prison (e.g. detention and training orders given
to 10 to 17 year olds or detention in Young Offenders Institutions).</p><p>4 - Previous
community orders are counted as at the last immediate custodial sentence the offender
received in each year and may have been received at any time prior to the immediate
custodial sentence.</p><p>5 - Community orders includes all community orders, with
or without electronic monitoring or curfew restrictions, but excludes other types
of community sentences (e.g. youth rehabilitation order) and other sentences that
may be served in the community (e.g. suspended sentence).</p><p>6 - England and Wales
includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police.</p>
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