Reconviction Rates in Scotland: 2011-12 Offender Cohort

This publication provides analyses of trends in reconviction figures up to the latest cohort of 2011-12.


Table 3 Reconviction rates and average number of reconvictions per offender, by age

Age:
under 21
Number of
offenders
Reconviction rate Average number of
reconvictions per offender
1997-98 13,790 42.4 0.93
1998-99 12,984 42.1 0.92
1999-00 11,784 41.0 0.87
2000-01 11,005 41.5 0.87
2001-02 11,232 41.2 0.89
2002-03 11,057 41.3 0.88
2003-04 11,316 40.6 0.82
2004-05 11,646 39.4 0.79
2005-06 12,114 41.4 0.80
2006-07 12,687 40.6 0.78
2007-08 12,402 38.2 0.72
2008-09 10,754 37.9 0.72
2009-10 9,323 36.8 0.68
2010-11 8,243 36.0 0.65
2011-12 7,432 34.5 0.61
Age: 21 to 25
1997-98 12,183 34.1 0.63
1998-99 10,762 34.4 0.66
1999-00 9,455 34.5 0.64
2000-01 8,993 35.5 0.66
2001-02 9,477 36.5 0.71
2002-03 9,926 37.1 0.74
2003-04 10,336 36.4 0.72
2004-05 10,592 36.5 0.71
2005-06 10,584 35.2 0.68
2006-07 11,240 35.2 0.66
2007-08 11,137 34.3 0.63
2008-09 10,105 34.2 0.65
2009-10 9,807 33.7 0.61
2010-11 9,002 32.8 0.59
2011-12 8,885 30.7 0.54
Age: 26 to 30
1997-98 9,595 30.3 0.54
1998-99 8,674 30.4 0.54
1999-00 7,453 31.5 0.55
2000-01 6,942 31.2 0.56
2001-02 7,168 33.3 0.62
2002-03 7,129 34.5 0.64
2003-04 7,258 35.6 0.66
2004-05 7,527 34.5 0.66
2005-06 7,588 34.8 0.64
2006-07 8,009 34.7 0.65
2007-08 8,249 33.6 0.63
2008-09 7,988 34.9 0.68
2009-10 7,894 32.9 0.62
2010-11 7,484 33.6 0.65
2011-12 7,434 32.4 0.62
Age: over 30
1997-98 17,876 22.8 0.40
1998-99 16,724 22.9 0.40
1999-00 15,537 21.8 0.36
2000-01 14,628 22.4 0.37
2001-02 15,774 23.1 0.39
2002-03 16,746 24.1 0.42
2003-04 18,074 24.4 0.42
2004-05 19,602 25.2 0.43
2005-06 20,039 24.7 0.42
2006-07 21,365 25.2 0.43
2007-08 21,254 24.7 0.44
2008-09 20,806 25.6 0.47
2009-10 20,389 25.3 0.46
2010-11 19,983 25.2 0.45
2011-12 20,075 25.4 0.47

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