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<p>The information requested is provided in the tables below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="2"><p><strong>Table 1: Number of offenders convicted of an indictable offence<sup>1</sup>
who had a previous conviction or caution<sup>2,3</sup>, 2013 to 2017, Wales<sup>4</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number
of Offenders</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>17,267</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>16,303</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>15,863</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>13,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>12,476</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="2"><p><strong>Source:</strong> Ministry of Justice extract of the Police
National Computer (PNC)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes</strong>:</p><p>1)
Indictable offences include triable either way offences</p><p>2) Number of offenders
who, at the time of their conviction, had been cautioned or convicted of any offence
on a previous occasion</p><p>3) Figures may exclude those who have a previous criminal
history other than convictions or cautions recorded on the PNC (e.g. penalty notices
for disorder, non-recordable offences not on the PNC)</p><p>4) Cases prosecuted by
a police force in the Wales region (Dyfed-Powys, Gwent, North Wales, South Wales)</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Table 2: Number of offenders convicted
by number of previous convictions or cautions<sup>1,2</sup>, 2013 to 2017, Wales<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td
rowspan="2"><p><strong>Number of previous convictions or cautions</strong></p></td><td
colspan="5"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3,634</p></td><td><p>3,644</p></td><td><p>4,026</p></td><td><p>3,883</p></td><td><p>3,873</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1
to 6</p></td><td><p>11,839</p></td><td><p>11,247</p></td><td><p>11,288</p></td><td><p>10,149</p></td><td><p>9,015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7
to 14</p></td><td><p>6,826</p></td><td><p>6,248</p></td><td><p>6,259</p></td><td><p>5,794</p></td><td><p>5,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15
or more</p></td><td><p>10,037</p></td><td><p>9,837</p></td><td><p>9,533</p></td><td><p>8,792</p></td><td><p>8,266</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>32,336</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30,976</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31,106</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>28,618</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26,304</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="6"><p><strong>Source:</strong> Ministry of Justice extract of the Police
National Computer (PNC)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes: </strong></p><p>1)
The number of previous occasions on which the offender has been cautioned or convicted,
at the time of the current conviction.</p><p>2) Figures exclude convictions or cautions
not on the PNC (e.g. for non-recordable offences)</p><p>3) Cases prosecuted by a police
force in the Wales region (Dyfed-Powys, Gwent, North Wales, South Wales)</p>
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