
Westmeath had the highest rate of one-year reoffenders.
61% of people released from prison re-offended within three years.
Figures from the CSO also show burglars and public order offenders were the most likely to re-offend.
Today’s CSO figures show three in five inmates who were released from prison in 2017, had reoffended by 2020.
The three-year reoffending rate is 78% for burglars and public order offenders, 71% for those convicted of theft and related offences, 40% for drug offenders and 12% for sex offenders.
Offenders living in Westmeath and Cavan had the highest rate of one year reoffending, while those living in Wexford, Sligo and Donegal had the lowest.
The one-year reoffending rate in Offaly is 50%, while in Laois it's 43%
Six out of every ten inmates under the age of 21 re-offended within a year.