Reoffending rates in Kerry were above the national average, among people who were issued with probation in 2020.
That’s according to the latest figures in the CSO’s Probation re-offending statistics report.
It shows that in the South West region – which includes Kerry and Cork – probationers had the highest rate of reoffending within a year.
According to the Central Statistics Office, 27% of people who received a probation order in 2020 re-offended within a year.
The South West region, which includes Kerry and Cork, had the highest re-offending rate in Ireland, at 31%.
The report shows that in 2020, 28% of probationers, with Kerry as their county of residence, had reoffended within a year.
25 Kerry people were issued with probation orders in 2020, of these 7 had reoffended in 12 months of release, while 18 had not.
Nationally, a quarter of females and almost 40% (37%) of males under the age of 25 re-offended within a year.
The largest number of probation orders issued by the courts in 2020 was linked to referrals for controlled drug offence related orders.
The report shows 28% of people who reoffended within a year were most likely to carry out a public order related offence.
