Table 4: Persons released from a custodial sentence or given a non-custodial sentence in 2004-05
Percentage reconvicted within 2 years for selected crimes, by index crime, in 2004-05
Index crime 2004-05 | Total number (=100%) | Percentage with a reconviction within 2 years for: |
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Any crime | Same crime category | Violent crime | Sexual crime | Prostitution | House breaking | Dishonesty (1) | Criminal damage | Drug offences | Breach of the peace | Serious violent crime (2) | Serious crime (2) |
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All offenders | 49,267 | 45 | 21 | 21 | * | * | 4 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 3 | 7 |
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Violent Crime |
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Serious assault and homicide | 1,250 | 35 | 4 | 20 | * | * | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 7 |
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Robbery | 554 | 62 | 7 | 31 | * | 1 | 8 | 29 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 12 | 18 |
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Simple Assault | 10,626 | 37 | 17 | 23 | * | * | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 5 |
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Other Violence | 248 | 38 | 3 | 20 | * | * | 3 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 5 |
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Crimes of indecency |
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Sexual Assault | 141 | 13 | * | 11 | * | * | * | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
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Other indecency | 395 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 4 | * | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
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Prostitution | 94 | 84 | 69 | 18 | 3 | 69 | 2 | 24 | 3 | 20 | 27 | 2 | 3 |
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Crimes of dishonesty |
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Housebreaking | 1,221 | 68 | 29 | 24 | * | * | 29 | 43 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 20 |
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Theft OLP | 625 | 63 | 16 | 23 | * | * | 14 | 40 | 10 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 15 |
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Theft of motor vehicle | 642 | 60 | 16 | 28 | 1 | * | 10 | 32 | 13 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 14 |
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Shoplifting | 3,830 | 69 | 46 | 23 | * | 1 | 7 | 53 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 4 | 9 |
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Other Theft | 2,067 | 53 | 17 | 19 | * | * | 7 | 34 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 9 |
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Fraud | 1,066 | 29 | 6 | 9 | * | * | 2 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 |
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Other Dishonesty | 1,197 | 45 | 9 | 18 | * | * | 8 | 26 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 10 |
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Criminal damage |
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Fireraising | 145 | 39 | 2 | 20 | * | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 6 |
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Malicious & reckless conduct | 3,499 | 45 | 12 | 24 | * | * | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 26 | 3 | 6 |
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Other |
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Handling offensive weapons | 2,473 | 48 | 11 | 23 | * | * | 3 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 5 | 9 |
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Crimes against public justice | 1,211 | 42 | 13 | 17 | 1 | * | 3 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 7 |
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Drugs | 5,774 | 43 | 21 | 14 | * | * | 2 | 12 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 6 |
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Breach of peace | 12,188 | 44 | 29 | 24 | * | * | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 3 | 5 |
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Other crime | 21 | 24 | * | 19 | * | * | 5 | 5 | 5 | * | 14 | 5 | 5 |
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1. Excluding housebreaking.
2. See Annex - Data Definitions for more information
3. See Section 6.5.11 for definitions of the notation used in this table.