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5 Year Recidivism Rate

Description

Singapore Prison Service CSV of five-year recidivism rates for local offenders released from SPS custody, covering cohorts from about 2016 through 2020. The rate is the percentage subsequently detained, imprisoned, or placed on a day reporting order within five years of release; the definition applies from the 2018 cohort onwards. Columns cover year, recidivism rate type, and the five-year rate. Longer-horizon justice research compares five-year outcomes with two-year SPS series.

Official description

Recidivism rate is defined as the percentage of local offenders under the custody of the Singapore Prison Service, who were subsequently detained or sentenced to imprisonment or day reporting order within five years of release into the community. This definition has been applied to the 2018 release cohort onwards.

Last updated
Coverage
2016-01-01 – 2020-01-01
Rows
15
Columns
3

Data

Year Types Of Recidivism Rates 5 Year Recidivism Rates
2016 OVERALL 41.1
2016 PENAL INMATES 40.3
2016 DRC INMATES 44.3
2017 OVERALL 39.9
2017 PENAL INMATES 38.8
2017 DRC INMATES 45.2
2018 OVERALL 36.8
2018 PENAL INMATES 35.6
2018 DRC INMATES 43.6
2019 OVERALL 36.6
2019 PENAL INMATES 35.2
2019 DRC INMATES 43
2020 OVERALL 39.3
2020 PENAL INMATES 36
2020 DRC INMATES 49.3

Columns

Column Type Categorical
Year Year (YYYY) No
Types Of Recidivism Rates Text Yes
5 Year Recidivism Rates Text No