Chart 3
One-year reconviction rates decrease the most for administration of justice and property offences; little change for violent offences

Violent Property Administration of justice Other Criminal Code and federal statute offences 0 10 20 30 40 % reconvicted within one year Pre-pandemic era - 2015/2016Pre-pandemic era - 2015/2016 Pre-pandemic era - 2016/2017Pre-pandemic era - 2016/2017 Pre-pandemic era - 2017/2018Pre-pandemic era - 2017/2018 Pre-pandemic era - 2018/2019Pre-pandemic era - 2018/2019 Pandemic era - 2019/2020Pandemic era - 2019/2020 Pandemic era - 2020/2021Pandemic era - 2020/2021
Note(s):
The type of new offence reflects the type of reconviction. A reconviction reflects offences that were committed within one year of being released from custody or starting a community sentence and that resulted in a conviction in court.
Source(s):
Canadian Correctional Services Survey (5251), Integrated Criminal Court Survey (3312) and Canadian Vital Statistics – Death Database (3233).

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One-year reconviction rates decrease the most for administration of justice and property offences; little change for violent offences, % reconvicted within one year
  Pre-pandemic era - 2015/2016 Pre-pandemic era - 2016/2017 Pre-pandemic era - 2017/2018 Pre-pandemic era - 2018/2019 Pandemic era - 2019/2020 Pandemic era - 2020/2021
Violent 10.9 11.0 10.9 11.4 10.8 10.9
Property 17.3 17.8 17.8 18.5 15.5 13.2
Administration of justice 29.1 29.1 28.5 28.2 23.2 21.9
Other *Criminal Code* and federal statute offences 11.3 11.3 11.3 11.7 10.6 10.0
Note(s):
The type of new offence reflects the type of reconviction. A reconviction reflects offences that were committed within one year of being released from custody or starting a community sentence and that resulted in a conviction in court.
Source(s):
Canadian Correctional Services Survey (5251), Integrated Criminal Court Survey (3312) and Canadian Vital Statistics – Death Database (3233).
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