The opposition party said ministers were ‘soft on crime’.
Some 16 areas saw more than a third of repeat offenders avoid jail including Gloucestershire , Sussex , Dorset , Devon and Cornwall , Surrey , Hampshire , Leicestershire , Hertfordshire , Northumbria , Kent , Lincolnshire , Gwent , London , Northamptonshire , Thames Valley and Norfolk .
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