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Information Note: Prison Re-offending Statistics 2011-2022

Information Note – Prison Re-offending Statistics 2011-2022

CSO statistical release, , 11am

Following a review of the Prison Re-offending Statistics an error was identified with the age group labels presented in a number of releases. '51 years and over' was incorrectly labelled as '50 years and over'. This labelling error did not affect the data.

On 11 September 2025 the label was corrected in the following content –

Prison Re-offending Statistics 2011-2017 - Infographic, Figures 3.1, 4.2, & 5.1, and Tables 3.1, 4.2 & 5.1.

Prison Re-offending Statistics 2011-2018 - Infographic, Figures 3.1, 4.2, & 5.1, and Tables 3.1, 4.2 & 5.1.

Prison Re-offending Statistics 2019 - Infographic, Figures 3.1, 4.2, & 5.1, and Tables 3.1, 4.2 & 5.1.

Prison Re-offending Statistics 2020 - Infographic, Figures 2.1, 3.2, & 4.1, and Tables 2.1, 3.2 & 4.1.

Prison Re-offending Statistics 2021 - Infographic, Figures 2.2, 3.3, & 4.2, and Tables 2.1, 3.2, & 4.1.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.

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  • Lisa O'Donovan    (+353) 21 453 5230

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