It is common that someone convicted of crime is not given a jail sentence after their first or second offence. But it may come as a surprise that some criminals are not sent to prison even after the tenth, hundredth or 700th offence.

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Those who maintain that the Criminal Justice System is fair or even harsh cannot argue that prison sentences are unjustified after prolific offending with numerous cautions and convictions. 

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Knife crime has been soaring yet the sentences given are pathetically low. 

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This page will be getting updates with further worthy files, so keep checking back.

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• The highest number of previous offences committed resulting in a conviction or caution for those given immediate custody in the month ending March 2018 and 2019 (by gender)

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• The largest number of previous offences committed resulting in a conviction or caution for those sent to prison for the first time, March 2017 - 2019

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• The highest number of previous specified offences among offenders convicted of a specified offence before given an immediate custodial sentence, year end March 2019

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• The highest number of previous convictions of offenders convicted and sent to immediate custody for the first time, 2007 - 2018

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• The average number of previous offences committed resulting in a conviction or caution for those who were sentenced to immediate custody in the 12 months ending March 2019, by sentence length and gender

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• Average custodial sentence for knife crime by age group, year ending Sept 2017- 2019 and quarterly 2016 - 2019

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