Reconviction Rates in Scotland: 2009-10 Offender Cohort

Analysis of one year reconviction rates for the cohort of offenders released from a custodial sentence or receiving a non-custodial disposal in 2009-10


Table 5 One year reconviction frequency rates and one year reconviction rates, females by age

Age:
under 21
Number of
offenders
Reconviction
rate2
Reconviction
frequency rate2
1997-98 1,724 29.6 64.0
1998-99 1,705 29.9 68.6
1999-00 1,594 30.3 68.5
2000-01 1,409 33.9 73.8
2001-02 1,461 31.2 67.1
2002-03 1,442 30.2 67.1
2003-04 1,509 30.2 65.3
2004-05 1,492 28.4 57.5
2005-06 1,629 28.5 52.1
2006-07 1,697 29.5 54.4
2007-08 1,728 28.6 52.9
2008-09 1,525 27.5 52.3
2009-10 1,342 25.5 45.0
Age: 21 to 25
1997-98 1,637 29.6 67.3
1998-99 1,559 30.3 66.4
1999-00 1,425 30.5 56.8
2000-01 1,307 31.8 57.5
2001-02 1,389 32.3 65.9
2002-03 1,488 33.2 67.0
2003-04 1,554 33.1 69.4
2004-05 1,654 34.8 69.1
2005-06 1,584 31.1 66.8
2006-07 1,656 31.5 65.9
2007-08 1,712 30.5 62.7
2008-09 1,553 28.9 63.0
2009-10 1,490 26.9 49.5
Age: 26 to 30
1997-98 1,456 28.0 56.7
1998-99 1,331 27.6 49.9
1999-00 1,152 29.6 54.9
2000-01 1,131 28.0 50.0
2001-02 1,163 28.8 51.9
2002-03 1,162 29.9 53.1
2003-04 1,265 30.8 55.5
2004-05 1,271 33.1 61.8
2005-06 1,363 31.5 58.0
2006-07 1,375 32.1 55.6
2007-08 1,414 30.6 56.4
2008-09 1,419 32.2 64.1
2009-10 1,395 30.5 57.3
Age: over 30
1997-98 2,959 19.4 32.7
1998-99 2,735 19.5 33.5
1999-00 2,520 18.1 29.5
2000-01 2,473 18.4 27.8
2001-02 2,697 20.5 33.9
2002-03 3,006 21.8 37.4
2003-04 3,154 21.3 36.9
2004-05 3,445 22.4 38.4
2005-06 3,560 20.9 34.6
2006-07 3,826 22.3 37.3
2007-08 3,814 22.0 36.9
2008-09 3,733 22.6 43.3
2009-10 3,786 20.5 36.6

1. The number of offenders that are reconvicted, and the number of reconvictions, are omitted from the bulletin for clarity. They are included in the additional datasets which accompany this bulletin.
2. The definition of reconviction frequency rate and reconviction rate is described in section 12.2.1

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