Although 0.4 per cent down on the previous 12 months, the reoffending rate is four percentage points higher than in March 2006.
The MoJ figures also show that those young people convicted of reoffending are committing more offences - 3.79 on average in 2016 compared with 3.61 reoffences in 2015.
The most prolific young offenders - those convicted of 11 or more crimes - are most likely to reoffend, with a reoffence rate of 76 per cent. Young people sentenced to a period of youth custody have a reoffending rate of 68 per cent.
However, the data also reveals that the overall number of young people who reoffend has fallen in line with a significant drop in the number convicted of offences in the past decade. The number of reoffenders fell 79 per cent and reoffences fell 75 per cent between March 2006 and March 2016. However, the MoJ report points out that while sizeable, these drops have not kept pace with the overall fall in offender levels, meaning the reoffending rate has risen.
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