The 2022 probation report shows the number of people who were dealt with in the community has increased to 16,347, an increase from 15,448 in 2021.
2022 saw 11,814 probation reports completed, with 2,880 people worked with in prisons.
Of those people who were supervised in the community, 535 of them had been convicted for sexual offences, with 122 people on probation having served life sentences.
Drug offences was the most common crime for those on parole, followed by assault and theft, with 92 per cent of people on parole men.
There was €2 million of unpaid work carried out by those on parole across communities in 2022.
Speaking on today's report, Minister for Justice Helen McEntee said "“The Probation Service play an essential role in our criminal justice system, working to provide rehabilitate opportunities and support people as they look to build crime free lives.
"Through their work and their network of community-based organisations, they seek to address the underlying causes of offending behaviour across their client base.
"Their commitment to improving the lives of the people they work with, addressing offending behaviours and making all of our communities safer, is evident throughout this report.
"I want to take this opportunity to thank the Director of the Probation Service, Mark Wilson and his team for their hard work and commitment in responding to the needs of their clients and the increasing demand for Probation Services as activity across the criminal justice sector resumed post-pandemic.”
