Criminal justice social work statistics in Scotland: 2013-14

An annual publication of statistics on community payback and other social work orders, including breaches and terminations of orders, as well as criminal justice social work (CJSW) reports and other areas of CJSW.


Table 8 Community payback orders commenced by age group, gender, employment status and ethnicity: 2011-12 to 2013-14

2011-12 2012-13 2013-14
Number
Total 10,228 16,057 18,599
Age group1
16-17 584 787 676
18-20 1,601 2,262 2,364
21-25 2,218 3,543 4,079
26-30 1,667 2,830 3,158
31-40 2,337 3,751 4,607
Over 40 1,821 2,884 3,715
Gender
Male 8,826 13,678 15,741
Female 1,402 2,379 2,858
Employment status
Full-time education 201 293 315
Employed/self employed 1,954 3,145 3,876
Unemployed 6,362 9,966 11,450
Government training scheme 62 89 68
Economically inactive2 1,116 1,260 1,623
Other3 533 1,304 1,267
Ethnicity
White 9,189 14,530 16,318
Asian 93 127 193
African, Caribbean or Black 32 52 57
Mixed 25 69 80
Other 85 156 144
Not known/provided 804 1,123 1,807
Percentage Percentage
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
Age group1
16-17 5.7 4.9 3.6
18-20 15.7 14.1 12.7
21-25 21.7 22.1 21.9
26-30 16.3 17.6 17.0
31-40 22.8 23.4 24.8
Over 40 17.8 18.0 20.0
Gender
Male 86.3 85.2 84.6
Female 13.7 14.8 15.4
Employment status
Full-time education 2.0 1.8 1.7
Employed/self employed 19.1 19.6 20.8
Unemployed 62.2 62.1 61.6
Government training scheme 0.6 0.6 *
Economically inactive2 10.9 7.8 8.7
Other3 5.2 8.1 6.8
Ethnicity (where known)
White 97.5 97.3 97.2
Asian 1.0 0.9 1.1
African, Caribbean or Black * * *
Mixed * * *
Other 0.9 1.0 0.9

1. Age is at commencement of order. Figures may include a small number of under 16s.

2. Includes those who are retired, supported by family, caring for home/family or long-term sick/disabled.

3. For 2012-13, includes some orders where employment status was not known.

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