Community Performance Annual, update to March 2026
An annual release of performance statistics for the Probation Service, incorporating Probation Service and Commissioned Rehabilitative Services performance.
Applies to England and Wales
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The Probation Service is responsible for managing all those on a community sentence or licence following their release from prison in England and Wales. The performance is monitored by the Probation Performance Framework which is presented in these statistics.
Some rehabilitative services such as personal wellbeing and accommodation are delivered under contract by Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) and specialist organisations. The management of these Commissioned Rehabilitative Services (CRS) contracts is also supported by a performance framework, which is presented in these statistics.
Statistics on accommodation and employment previously included in this publication are now individual publications at: Accommodation: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-accommodation-outcome-statistics
Employment: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-employment-outcome-statistics
Pre-Release Access
The Community Performance Annual, update to March 2026 publication is produced and handled by the Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ) analytical professionals and production staff. Pre-release access of up to 24 hours is granted to the following persons:
Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor; Permanent Secretary; HMPPS Chief Probation Officer; DG Operations Probation; DG CEO HMPPS; Executive Director, Analysis; Director Probation Reoffending Policy; DG Policy; DG Operations Prisons; HMPPS Chief Operating Officer; Deputy Director, Performance, Assurance and Risk; Executive Director, Strategy and Performance; Head of Office Private Secretary, Minister Richards Private Office; Head of Performance and Assurance; Director, Prison Policy and Analysis; Special Advisors x2; Executive Director, YCS; Head of Business Delivery and Improvement, YCS; Executive Director, Contracted Operational Services; Executive Director, Rehabilitation; Head of Future Services Quality & Performance; Head of News; Deputy Head of News; Probation Desk; Press Officer x3; YCS Communications x2;