Everything you want to know about probation
The most up-to-date data
This is the latest in my new series of compendiums of the latest data and trends in the criminal justice system. Following compendiums on prisons, sentencing, and offender equalities, this edition focuses on probation.
For the best experience, click through the visualisation at the bottom of this page, this allows you to hover over data points and see the exact data. If you can’t see the visualisation below on your device, you can find it here.
Topics covered include:
- The type of offences people are on probation for
- The decline of community sentences over the last decade
- Caseload figures (including changes in different forms of supervision)
- The offence profile of people on community supervision
- A breakdown of the popularity of different requirements on community orders and suspended sentence orders
- Successful completion rates (and reasons for termination) for community supervision
- The spectacular drop in the number of full Pre-Sentence reports
I hope you find them of use and interest.
Compendium last updated 3 December 2020
Criminal Justice Trends
Click below for up-to-date interactive charts using the latest official data.
Offender equalities
A wide range of prison statistics broken down by gender, ethnicity and age.
Probation
The latest caseload figures and trends, offender profiles and court reports.
Prison
Details of individual establishments, costs, population trends and safety in custody stats.
Sentencing
Compare sentencing outcomes, lengths and reoffending rates and index offences.
Recent Probation Posts
Another private probation service under-performing
Beds, Northants, Cambs & Herts CRC latest to be rated “requiring improvement” by probation inspectors.
Reoffending rates are climbing
MoJ stats for the year to June 2017 reveal that adult reoffending rates are rising.
Fewer prisoners released, more recalled
The latest offender management statistics say prison receptions and releases are down, but recalls are up.
Welsh National Probation Service performing well
Probation Inspectors rate Welsh public probation as “good”.
Digital inclusion for offenders and the Third sector
Michael Vreugdenhil of Pink Umbrella Studios on why digital inclusion is a priority for offenders and long term prisoners in particular.
Best practice working with recalled prisoners
New HMPPS best practice guide on working with recalled prisoners sets out 9 key principles.
Working with older offenders
Clinks report says flexibility is vital in supporting older people in the criminal justice system.
Cheshire & Greater Manchester CRC latest failing private probation service
Cheshire & Greater Manchester CRC latest to be rated “requiring improvement” by probation inspectors.
5 things you didn’t know about the modern probation service
The role of probation and the offenders it supervises have both changed markedly over the last decade.
South Yorkshire latest private probation service under-performing
South Yorkshire CRC latest to be rated “requiring improvement” by probation inspectors.
The Transforming Rehabilitation model for probation is irredeemably flawed
Dame Glenys Stacey’s final report as Chief Probation Inspector is highly critical of the current split probation system.
Measuring the impact of arts and mentoring interventions with offenders
HMPPS toolkit to measure intermediate outcomes to reduce reoffending from arts and mentoring interventions.
