There has been a decrease in the number of people in Donegal who reoffend after being dealt with in the courts through the Probation Service.
A new report from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) shows that 15 per cent of Donegal residents who were dealt with through the Probation Services re-offended within 12 months in 2019.
This has dropped from 16 per cent in 2018 and down from 22.5 per cent the previous year.
Mayo (12 per cent) had the lowest rate of re-offending according to the CSO’s latest data, while Kerry (39 per cent) had the highest.
In 2019, people that received probation orders relating to Public Order offences had the highest likelihood of re-offending, with over one third of them doing so (34 per cent).
The largest number of probation orders issued by the courts in 2019 were linked to referrals for Road and Traffic or Theft related orders.
Just over two-thirds (69%) of persons who received a probation order in 2019 and who re-offended within one year did so in the first six months.
Nationally the one-year probation re-offending rate was 25 per cent compared to 28 per cent in the previous year. This was the lowest rate of re-offending within one year since 2008.
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