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Publication - Statistics

Reconviction Rates in Scotland: 2012-13 Offender Cohort

Published
31 March 2015
ISBN
9781785442506

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

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Table 11: Reconviction rates and average number of reconvictions per offender, by CJA and Local Authority group: 2012-13 cohort

Community Justice Authority (CJA)1 Local Authority group[2] Number of offenders Reconviction rate Average number of reconvictions per offender
Scotland3 41,710 28.6 0.51
Fife & Forth Valley All 5,128 29.5 0.54
Clackmannanshire 445 32.4 0.68
Falkirk 1,434 29.4 0.50
Fife 2,521 28.0 0.51
Stirling 728 33.2 0.65
Glasgow3 All 8,448 30.7 0.60
Glasgow City3,4 8,448 30.7 0.60
Lanarkshire5 All 4,481 29.2 0.51
North and South Lanarkshire5 4,481 29.2 0.51
Lothian & Borders All 5,704 26.9 0.49
East Lothian 383 28.2 0.47
Edinburgh and Midlothian6 3,892 26.6 0.50
Scottish Borders 508 28.5 0.50
West Lothian 921 26.6 0.45
Northern All 5,831 26.3 0.44
Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire7 3,415 27.6 0.48
Eilean Siar 127 22.8 0.36
Highland 1,519 25.9 0.43
Moray 517 23.0 0.34
Orkney Islands 105 21.9 0.31
Shetland Islands 148 16.2 0.22
North Strathclyde8 All 3,798 30.3 0.50
Argyll & Bute 529 29.7 0.44
East and West Dunbartonshire8,9 1,075 32.1 0.58
East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire10 1,459 28.6 0.45
Inverclyde 735 31.3 0.53
South West Scotland All 4,897 27.5 0.46
Dumfries & Galloway 1,118 26.6 0.49
East, North, and South Ayrshire11 3,779 27.8 0.45
Tayside All 3,420 27.5 0.50
Angus 722 28.3 0.55
Dundee City 1,753 29.7 0.54
Perth & Kinross 945 23.1 0.37
Unknown All 3 ** **
Unknown 3 ** **

1. Approximate areas are based on where the courts of the offenders' index convictions are located, including high Courts. Some sheriff court boundaries cover more than one CJA, see relevant footnotes below.

2. Approximate areas are based on where the courts of the offenders' index convictions are located, including high courts. Some sheriff court boundaries include more than one Local Authority area, so they are grouped together so that there are 25 groups of Local Authorities rather than all 32 being displayed separately. See relevant footnotes below.

3. Glasgow Sheriff Court also serves parts of East Dunbartonshire (North Strathclyde CJA), and North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire (Lanarkshire CJA). However, since this analysis is based on approximation of court areas, numbers for Glasgow Sheriff Court are only included within the Glasgow CJA and Glasgow Local Authority area.

4. Includes the Stipendiary Magistrates court.

5. North and South Lanarkshire (Airdrie, Hamilton and Lanark Sheriff Courts). Some parts of North and South Lanarkshire (Lanarkshire CJA) are also covered by Glasgow Sheriff Court, but the figures for Glasgow Sheriff Court are only included within the Glasgow Local Authority and Glagow CJA area.

6. City of Edinburgh and Midlothian (Edinburgh Sheriff Court).

7. Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire (Aberdeen, Banff, Stonehaven and Peterhead Sheriff Courts).

8. Parts of East Dunbartonshire (North Strathclyde CJA) are also served by Glasgow Sheriff Court, but the figures for Glasgow Sheriff Court are only included within the Glasgow Local Authority and Glasgow CJA area.

9. East and West Dunbartonshire (Dumbarton Sheriff Court).

10. Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire (Paisley Sheriff Court).

11. East, North, and South Ayrshire (Kilmarnock and Ayr Sheriff Courts).

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