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What share of people reoffend after probation supervision or release from prison.
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What share of people reoffend after probation supervision or release from prison.
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Ireland·2018–2021·%
23% of people placed on a probation order, a community service order, or a post-release supervision order in 2021 reoffended within one year.
Cohorts 2018–2021. Published 18 February 2026.
Default Explore cut is the official 1-year re-offending rate (CJA26 at State; CJA29 paints counties).
Publication year is not the cohort year — CSO publishes with a reporting lag so the follow-up window can close. Read the period as the probation-order year.
Probation type (CJA27) and referral offence (CJA28) are separate Explore measures — those dimensions do not sit on the same rows as sex/age or county.
Ireland·2011–2023·%
Of the 2,987 people released in 2023, 42% were recorded as reoffending within one year. Of the people released in 2020, 58% were recorded as reoffending within three years. These are different release years.
These figures track recorded reoffending after release from prison. The one-year measure allows one year for a subsequent offence and a further year for its court outcome. The three-year measure allows three years for a subsequent offence and a further two years for its court outcome. They do not measure every later offence.
Note: These figures track recorded reoffending after release from prison. The one-year measure allows one year for a subsequent offence and a further year for its court outcome. The three-year measure allows three years for a subsequent offence and a further two years for its court outcome. They do not measure every later offence.