Individuals who are under community supervision can return to incarceration for a technical violation, for committing a new crime, or a combination of the two. Anyone who was returned to incarceration for a technical violation as well as for committing a new crime was categorized as returning for committing a new crime, resulting in two categories as a reason for return: technical violation or new crime. 

In FY24, the incidence of returns to incarceration due to new crimes rose, with the yearly average climbing to 33 per month, up from FY23's average of 29. Returns due to new crimes constituted 40% of all returns to incarceration from community supervision in FY24, an increase from 38% in FY23.

For information containing total returns to incarceration from community supervision and comparisons of returns by technical violation and new crime(s), see Community Supervision Returns: Total.