FOI reference: FOI-2025-2707
You asked
I would like information on criminal reoffending rates, covering the time period 1990 to 2008.
I can find information from 2008 onwards on the Ministry of Justice Statistics Pages, but information prior to 2008 appears to be difficult to locate.
We said
Thank you for your request.
Unfortunately, we do not hold the specific data you require. We publish statistics on crime from two main sources: the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) and police recorded crime (PRC). These sources focus primarily on victims of crime.
The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) are responsible for information pertaining to the prison population, including publishing Proven reoffending statistics. They can be contacted at reoffendingstatistics@justice.gov.uk or, for Freedom of Information requests, please email them at data.access@Justice.gov.uk.
If you have any other questions, please email us at crimestatistics@ons.gov.uk and we will endeavour to help.