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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 7 One year reconviction frequency rates and one year reconviction rates, by crime type
| Violen crime |
Number of offenders |
Reconviction rate2 |
Reconviction frequency rate2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-98 | 11,438 | 25.4 | 42.5 |
| 1998-99 | 10,859 | 23.6 | 39.6 |
| 1999-00 | 10,278 | 23.0 | 36.8 |
| 2000-01 | 9,821 | 23.9 | 38.9 |
| 2001-02 | 10,453 | 24.1 | 40.0 |
| 2002-03 | 11,122 | 24.8 | 42.4 |
| 2003-04 | 11,817 | 25.4 | 43.0 |
| 2004-05 | 12,656 | 25.6 | 44.1 |
| 2005-06 | 13,483 | 25.4 | 42.3 |
| 2006-07 | 14,156 | 26.2 | 44.4 |
| 2007-08 | 14,467 | 25.5 | 42.8 |
| 2008-09 | 14,131 | 26.3 | 43.7 |
| 2009-10 | 13,702 | 24.3 | 39.3 |
| Sexual crime |
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| 1997-98 | 546 | 10.3 | 17.0 |
| 1998-99 | 493 | 13.8 | 23.5 |
| 1999-00 | 461 | 9.1 | 13.0 |
| 2000-01 | 428 | 13.3 | 23.1 |
| 2001-02 | 435 | 11.5 | 17.7 |
| 2002-03 | 459 | 12.0 | 18.5 |
| 2003-04 | 459 | 9.8 | 14.8 |
| 2004-05 | 539 | 10.8 | 16.3 |
| 2005-06 | 516 | 11.0 | 16.3 |
| 2006-07 | 508 | 15.6 | 22.2 |
| 2007-08 | 542 | 13.3 | 20.3 |
| 2008-09 | 638 | 12.2 | 18.3 |
| 2009-10 | 594 | 10.1 | 14.6 |
| Dishonesty | |||
| 1997-98 | 15,229 | 40.3 | 89.3 |
| 1998-99 | 14,115 | 41.5 | 93.8 |
| 1999-00 | 12,679 | 43.2 | 95.5 |
| 2000-01 | 11,640 | 44.0 | 97.2 |
| 2001-02 | 11,724 | 45.9 | 106.4 |
| 2002-03 | 11,551 | 46.0 | 105.4 |
| 2003-04 | 10,855 | 45.8 | 103.3 |
| 2004-05 | 10,670 | 45.9 | 102.5 |
| 2005-06 | 9,897 | 46.3 | 102.1 |
| 2006-07 | 9,993 | 46.6 | 103.1 |
| 2007-08 | 9,796 | 44.7 | 99.3 |
| 2008-09 | 9,540 | 44.9 | 104.6 |
| 2009-10 | 9,176 | 43.4 | 93.4 |
| Criminal damage |
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| 1997-98 | 3,590 | 28.7 | 52.4 |
| 1998-99 | 3,329 | 27.3 | 48.1 |
| 1999-00 | 2,980 | 28.5 | 50.5 |
| 2000-01 | 2,959 | 28.7 | 48.2 |
| 2001-02 | 2,984 | 30.7 | 53.8 |
| 2002-03 | 3,066 | 30.5 | 54.2 |
| 2003-04 | 3,529 | 29.6 | 54.9 |
| 2004-05 | 3,641 | 31.2 | 56.0 |
| 2005-06 | 3,618 | 33.0 | 58.2 |
| 2006-07 | 3,867 | 32.9 | 58.9 |
| 2007-08 | 3,891 | 31.8 | 55.1 |
| 2008-09 | 3,149 | 33.7 | 61.5 |
| 2009-10 | 2,827 | 32.2 | 56.4 |
| Drug offences |
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| 1997-98 | 5,654 | 26.2 | 40.1 |
| 1998-99 | 5,319 | 27.5 | 42.5 |
| 1999-00 | 4,835 | 25.5 | 37.4 |
| 2000-01 | 4,186 | 26.1 | 40.3 |
| 2001-02 | 4,692 | 25.2 | 40.9 |
| 2002-03 | 4,671 | 28.0 | 45.7 |
| 2003-04 | 5,523 | 29.3 | 45.3 |
| 2004-05 | 5,770 | 28.9 | 45.3 |
| 2005-06 | 5,788 | 29.4 | 46.5 |
| 2006-07 | 6,807 | 28.0 | 45.0 |
| 2007-08 | 6,572 | 27.2 | 42.1 |
| 2008-09 | 5,689 | 27.0 | 43.9 |
| 2009-10 | 5,942 | 26.5 | 40.0 |
| Breach of the peace |
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| 1997-98 | 13,714 | 31.5 | 58.6 |
| 1998-99 | 12,107 | 31.2 | 56.7 |
| 1999-00 | 10,313 | 29.7 | 52.0 |
| 2000-01 | 9,752 | 29.8 | 51.9 |
| 2001-02 | 10,336 | 30.3 | 52.9 |
| 2002-03 | 10,845 | 30.9 | 55.6 |
| 2003-04 | 11,430 | 30.9 | 55.4 |
| 2004-05 | 12,206 | 31.0 | 55.0 |
| 2005-06 | 12,925 | 31.4 | 55.4 |
| 2006-07 | 13,636 | 31.0 | 53.4 |
| 2007-08 | 13,371 | 30.2 | 52.1 |
| 2008-09 | 12,122 | 29.8 | 53.3 |
| 2009-10 | 11,259 | 28.8 | 49.9 |
| Other crimes and offences |
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| 1997-98 | 3,280 | 32.3 | 65.8 |
| 1998-99 | 2,911 | 33.8 | 68.3 |
| 1999-00 | 2,656 | 30.4 | 53.5 |
| 2000-01 | 2,783 | 29.6 | 50.9 |
| 2001-02 | 3,021 | 31.2 | 55.2 |
| 2002-03 | 3,140 | 32.6 | 58.5 |
| 2003-04 | 3,316 | 33.9 | 59.5 |
| 2004-05 | 3,803 | 32.0 | 56.7 |
| 2005-06 | 4,018 | 32.6 | 58.3 |
| 2006-07 | 4,281 | 33.0 | 58.0 |
| 2007-08 | 4,345 | 31.4 | 56.2 |
| 2008-09 | 4,343 | 30.7 | 54.7 |
| 2009-10 | 3,836 | 29.7 | 50.8 |
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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