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<p>The proportion of offenders with previous convictions has been falling over recent
years but it is still too high which is why we have reformed the way offenders are
managed in the community. We are now enabling the voluntary, public and private sector
to help offenders turn away from crime. Our probation reforms also ensure that, for
the first time in recent history, those sentenced to less than 12 months in custody
receive support on release.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong><em>Table
1: Number of offenders<sup>1</sup> convicted of any offence<sup>2,3</sup> by number
of previous<sup>4</sup> convictions in England and Wales, 2014</em></strong></p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><em>Year</em></p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong><em>Number of previous convictions</em></strong></p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Between 15 and 49 previous convictions</em></p></td><td><p><em>Between
50 and 99 previous convictions</em></p></td><td><p><em> 100 or more previous convictions</em></p></td><td><p><em>Total
number of offenders</em></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><em>2014</em></p></td><td><p><em>Number</em></p></td><td><p><em>112,751</em></p></td><td><p><em>14,368</em></p></td><td><p><em>1,926</em></p></td><td><p><em>
489,458</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>%</em></p></td><td><p><em>23.04</em></p></td><td><p><em>2.94</em></p></td><td><p><em>0.39</em></p></td><td><p><em>-</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Source:</em></strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><em>Ministry
of Justice, Police National Computer (PNC)</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Notes:</em></strong></p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="6"><p><em>1. Figures are based on counting the number of occasions an offender
was convicted of an offence in England and Wales in 2014. This means an offender can
appear more than once in the totals for each year if the offender was convicted on
multiple occasions in that year.</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><em>2. Indictable
offences including triable either-way offences.</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><em>3.
Recordable summary offences are defined as offences that can attract a custodial sentence
plus some additional offences defined in legislation. A range of less serious summary
offences, such as TV licence evasion and many motoring offences are not recorded on
the PNC. Therefore these figures are an undercount of the true number of cautions
and convictions given for these types of offences.</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><em>4.
Figures are based on counting the number of occasions on which offenders have previously
received a conviction for any offence recorded on the Police National Computer, including
some offences committed outside of England and Wales. Where there were multiple offences
on the same occasion, only the primary offence as recorded on the Police National
Computer would be counted.</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><em>5. All data
have been taken from the MoJ extract of the Police National Computer. This includes
details of all convictions, cautions, reprimands or warnings given for recordable
offences (see www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1139/schedule/made for definition).
It is therefore possible that some offenders presented in the table above have previously
also received convictions for offences not recorded on the PNC.</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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