Graduate destinations

Criminology graduates go into a wide range of roles and sectors, including criminal justice professions or policy and analyst roles in the civil service, charities or NGOs.

Graduates can also go into a number of other areas having developed a range of transferable skills throughout their degree. Around 40 per cent of graduate jobs are open to those of any degree discipline.

2022 Graduate destinations

• 96% of our graduates are currently in employment or further study.  ​
• A third of Criminology graduates went into policy-related roles, e.g. policy advisor for the UK Parliament.​
• A fifth went into research-related roles, e.g. Analyst for HM Prison and Probation Service. ​
• Unanimously, all graduates believed that their degree programme was meaningful for their current work. ​
• Three quarters of these graduates also believed that their degree was a pre-requisite to, or advantageous in, securing their current roles.​

Hear from our alumni

We spoke with two of our recent graduates about why they chose the Criminology degree and what they are doing now.

• Lucy Nethercott

  I’m studying for a graduate diploma in professional policing while also doing shifts as a police constable alongside that.
• Jaimie O'Connor

  I’m currently pursuing a PhD in policy, focusing on the diet industry as a potentially fraudulent sector that causes significant harm, particularly to women.