Nearly a third of criminals in the West Midlands go on to reoffend within a year.
In total, 28,443 offenders in our region were either cautioned, received a non-custodial conviction or were released from prison in 2015-16.
Some 8,938 of those - 31% of the total - went on to commit another offence within a year, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics.
The data only includes people who were caught reoffending and punished for it - either with a conviction, caution, reprimand or warning.
That means the number of people who actually went on to commit another crime could be much higher.
Men and boys in the area were much more likely to reoffend than women and girls.
Across the West Midlands, 32% of male criminals committed another offence within a year of their release, compared to just 27% of female offenders.
Age also played a large part in how likely someone is to reoffend - 40% of juvenile criminals in the West Midlands reoffended, compared to 31% of adults.
Similarly, the type of offence also had an effect on reoffending rates, with more than half of those who had committed theft going on to reoffend, while in cases of fraud closer to one in ten did so.
People who had been found guilty of public order offences and robbery were also some of the more likely ones to commit further crimes.
Those that reoffended in the region went on to commit between three and four offences each, on average.
Area // Offenders // Reoffenders // Rate of reoffending
Birmingham // 12,219 // 3,951 // 32%
Coventry // 3,348 // 1,052 // 31%
Dudley // 2,256 // 670 // 30%
Sandwell // 3,277 // 1,017 // 31%
Solihull // 1,195 // 325 // 27%
Walsall // 2,733 // 854 // 31%
