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Local reoffending information published

21st of November 2011

Easy to use online maps that give a local breakdown of reoffending have been published for the first time by the Ministry of Justice.

People can now go online to find out the sentences handed down by local courts, check the rate offenders have committed further crimes in their area, and make comparisons with national trends.

The information for England and Wales is all now available on the new 'Making Sense of Criminal Justice' website. This includes clear information on reoffending rates for individual prisons and the number and type of sentences handed down for different offences in courts within each police force area.