Claim: Re-offending costs up to £13 billion a year.
Fact-check: Does re-offending cost £13 billion a year? - Full Fact
Verdict: this estimate is uncertain and old. it originated in 2000 and has been inflated since then to account for price increases and changes in levels of crime. the researchers themselves say estimating these costs is "inevitably imprecise".
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joseph O'Leary
Date published: 2016-02-08T00:00:00