Forty-one percent of all persons with an initial event¹ in 2017 relapsed into crime within three years. The percentage that relapsed among women was 30 percent and 44 percent among men. The statistics show minor changes over time.

Eighteen percent of all persons with an initial event where women and 82 percent men.

The risk of relapsing into crime clearly increases with the number of previous adjudications². Ninety-one percent among those with nine or more previous adjudications relapsed into crime within three years. Among those without any previous adjudication 23 percent relapsed into crime within three years.

The median number of days to the first relapse into crime was eight months and two weeks (260 days) 2017. The median number of days for women was 290 and 256 for men.

It is common that a liberty depriving sanction in the initial event is followed by a liberty depriving sanction in the relapse event. Almost 50 percent had been deprived of liberty some time prior to the relapse event when previous adjudications 5 years before the initial event are included.

About the statistics

The recidivism statistics aim to give an overview of the level, structure and development of relapses into crime. The statistics also present measures such as time to first relapse.

The statistics is divided into to two products, one final and one preliminary recidivism statistics. The difference is the follow up time and the time for collection of conviction decisions that include relapses into crime. These time periods are three years each in the final statistics and one year each in the preliminary statistics. This gives the possibility to present more reliable final statistics compared to the preliminary statistics.