Reducing Adult Reoffending

About This Report:

The report has been produced to help describe the adult offending and reoffending population of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Based on the demographics of individual offenders, characteristics of the communities in which offenders live and the criminogenic needs that these offenders, the report is designed to identify who is more likely to be an offender and which offenders are most likely to reoffend.

The findings show that there are a handful of neighbourhoods within both Leicester City and Leicestershire that have more resident offenders and reoffenders. However, it is difficult to target offenders at a neighbourhood level as it is unlikely that offenders will have the same demographics and criminogenic needs at such a local level.

The results of the analysis provide a focus for targeted interventions to help reduce adult reoffending, by identifying those adult offenders within Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland who are most likely to reoffend. The analysis clearly identifies several groups within the Probation Area caseload, who are more likely to reoffend compared to the rest of the adult offender population, describing both the criminogenic needs and demographics of these individuals.