Reconviction Rates in Scotland: 2012-13 Offender Cohort

This publication provides analyses of trends in reconviction figures up to the latest cohort of 2012-13.


Table 8: Reconviction rates and average number per offender, by index disposal

Index disposal Number of offenders Reconviction rate Average number of reconvictions per offender
Discharged from custody
1997-98 6,118 48.4 1.04
1998-99 5,821 49.1 1.09
1999-00 5,744 46.3 0.99
2000-01 5,573 47.4 1.00
2001-02 5,950 47.9 1.06
2002-03 6,011 49.9 1.13
2003-04 5,885 50.1 1.11
2004-05 6,127 47.9 1.06
2005-06 6,240 47.4 1.03
2006-07 6,909 48.5 1.06
2007-08 7,060 46.8 1.00
2008-09 7,404 47.1 0.98
2009-10 7,432 45.9 0.94
2010-11 7,290 45.2 0.91
2011-12 7,314 44.2 0.92
2012-13 7,436 43.3 0.87
Community Payback Order1
1997-98 - - -
1998-99 - - -
1999-00 - - -
2000-01 - - -
2001-02 - - -
2002-03 - - -
2003-04 - - -
2004-05 - - -
2005-06 - - -
2006-07 - - -
2007-08 - - -
2008-09 - - -
2009-10 - - -
2010-11 178 55.6 1.15
2011-12 6,192 36.8 0.69
2012-13 9,511 32.1 0.55
Legacy community order (CSO, PO)2
1997-98 6,084 39.6 0.85
1998-99 5,950 40.3 0.88
1999-00 5,597 38.5 0.78
2000-01 5,651 39.0 0.82
2001-02 6,093 40.5 0.86
2002-03 6,569 40.7 0.84
2003-04 6,466 39.0 0.79
2004-05 7,119 39.8 0.80
2005-06 7,808 38.6 0.75
2006-07 7,643 38.2 0.73
2007-08 8,135 36.6 0.68
2008-09 8,878 37.1 0.71
2009-10 8,679 33.7 0.62
2010-11 8,264 33.8 0.61
2011-12 3,700 27.0 0.45
2012-13 638 13.3 0.18
Restriction of Liberty Order3
1997-98 - - -
1998-99 24 58.3 1.54
1999-00 50 66.0 1.76
2000-01 55 60.0 1.62
2001-02 54 70.4 1.56
2002-03 212 53.3 1.17
2003-04 353 57.8 1.25
2004-05 414 57.2 1.20
2005-06 486 52.1 1.16
2006-07 510 51.2 1.05
2007-08 533 50.7 1.03
2008-09 567 47.1 0.95
2009-10 489 49.3 0.96
2010-11 444 44.4 0.84
2011-12 485 40.0 0.75
2012-13 537 35.6 0.65
Drug Treatment and Testing Order4
1997-98 - - -
1998-99 - - -
1999-00 1 - -
2000-01 36 58.3 1.31
2001-02 95 74.7 2.12
2002-03 143 75.5 2.41
2003-04 201 79.1 2.21
2004-05 231 78.4 2.20
2005-06 268 70.1 1.88
2006-07 302 75.2 2.03
2007-08 326 70.9 1.94
2008-09 362 67.7 1.77
2009-10 362 66.3 1.68
2010-11 373 66.8 1.62
2011-12 280 60.7 1.62
2012-13 316 62.0 1.46
Monetary disposal
1997-98 32,894 29.5 0.54
1998-99 29,560 29.4 0.53
1999-00 25,603 28.9 0.52
2000-01 23,817 28.9 0.51
2001-02 24,863 29.0 0.52
2002-03 24,851 29.1 0.52
2003-04 26,686 29.5 0.51
2004-05 27,460 29.2 0.50
2005-06 27,035 29.3 0.50
2006-07 28,497 29.0 0.49
2007-08 27,492 27.6 0.46
2008-09 22,839 26.7 0.47
2009-10 20,962 26.6 0.45
2010-11 18,679 25.6 0.44
2011-12 17,121 24.1 0.40
2012-13 14,804 23.0 0.38
Other disposal5
1997-98 8,348 23.0 0.42
1998-99 7,790 21.5 0.38
1999-00 7,234 21.7 0.37
2000-01 6,436 22.2 0.37
2001-02 6,596 22.5 0.40
2002-03 7,075 23.0 0.41
2003-04 7,393 22.1 0.39
2004-05 8,017 22.3 0.39
2005-06 8,487 23.8 0.41
2006-07 9,439 23.6 0.42
2007-08 9,496 23.2 0.41
2008-09 9,602 23.5 0.44
2009-10 9,490 22.1 0.39
2010-11 9,483 21.9 0.39
2011-12 8,736 22.6 0.40
2012-13 8,468 20.8 0.36

1. Community Payback Orders (CPOs) were introduced by the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 and came into effect from 1 February 2011. The CPO replaces provisions for Community Service Orders, Probation Orders, and Supervised Attendance Orders.

2. Legacy community order refers to Community Service Orders (CSOs) and Probation Orders (POs) which were replaced by Community Payback Orders for crimes or offences committed after 1 February 2011. Legacy community orders given after 1 February are for crimes or offences committed prior to 1 February 2011.

3. Restriction of Liberty Orders were not available nationally until 2002.

4. Drug Treatment and Testing Orders were first introduced on a pilot basis in Glasgow and Fife in 1999, and were subsequently rolled out across Scotland in phases, concluding with Argyll and Bute in 2006.

5. Includes Supervised Attendance Orders

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