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2002 2003 2004
Population in sentence length band Released Release rate (%) Population in sentence length band Released Release rate (%) Population in sentence length band Released Release rate (%)

Total

55,370

20,525

37

57,551

21,223

37

55,810

19,294

35

Violence

8,235

3,693

45

8,740

3,564

41

9,079

3,160

35

Sexual offences

1,193

20

2

1,238

8

1

1,160

6

1

Robbery

2,376

916

39

2,877

1,257

44

2,517

959

38

Burglary

8,577

2,022

24

8,310

2,066

25

7,044

1,672

24

Theft and handling

11,524

2,797

24

11,067

2,817

25

9,804

2,628

27

Fraud and forgery

2,159

1,262

59

2,210

1,133

51

2,468

1,225

50

Drug offences

4,323

2,683

62

4,397

2,782

63

3,989

2,422

61

Motoring offences

9,817

3,801

39

7,680

4,158

54

9,814

3,874

39

Other(2)

7,166

3,331

47

11,032

3,438

31

9,936

3,348

34


2005 2006 2007
Population in sentence length band Released Release rate (%) Population in sentence length band Released Release rate (%) Population in sentence length band Released Release rate (%)

Total

54,616

17,296

32

52,987

13,666

26

53,835

11,428

21

Violence

10,064

3,204

32

9,840

2,490

25

10,397

2,118

20

Sexual offences

1,236

2

0

1,203

0

0

1,180

0

0

Robbery

2,451

901

37

2,284

709

31

2,520

694

28

Burglary

6,334

1,298

20

6,168

1,069

17

6,347

945

15

Theft and handling

8,846

2,107

24

8,679

1,705

20

8,227

1,380

17

Fraud and forgery

2,833

1,287

45

3,243

1,169

36

3,196

917

29

Drug offences

4,338

2,509

58

4,296

2,347

55

4,381

2,106

48

Motoring offences

8,517

3,046

36

6,984

1,923

28

5,569

1,290

23

Other(2)

9,997

2,942

29

10,290

2,254

22

12,018

1,978

16

(1) Offence recorded on prison IT system. Investigations suggest that around 5 per cent. of offence types recorded on this system do not relate to the offence they were released on HDC for but relate to offences committed after release from prison and before the licence expiry date for their sentence.
(2) Includes the offence of bigamy.

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Average length of immediate custodial sentence( 1) at all courts by offence group, 1997 to 2007
Months
Violence against the person( 2) Sexual offences Burglary Robbery Theft and handling stolen goods Fraud and forgery Criminal damage Drug offences Manslaughter

All ages

1999

15.0

37.5

15.7

35.7

4.5

8.5

15.5

28.7

59.0

2000

15.0

38.7

15.9

36.1

4.2

8.7

14.9

30.1

59.0

2001

15.9

37.7

16.6

35.4

4.2

8.6

15.9

32.5

58.4

2002

16.6

39.6

17.5

38.9

4.1

8.4

16.4

34.5

66.2

2003

18.0

40.0

17.1

39.3

4.2

8.7

16.5

35.2

62.8

2004

17.9

39.9

17.5

38.4

4.3

9.2

16.7

37.3

65.0

2005

17.1

41.5

17.4

35.0

4.3

10.3

15.1

35.8

55.8

2006

16.1

41.0

17.1

32.3

4.3

10.9

12.9

33.8

66.4

2007

16.2

42.9

16.7

31.3

4.1

10.0

12.6

31.9

61.6

(1) Excludes life and indeterminate sentences.
(2) Excluding manslaughter.

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