Criminal justice social work statistics in Scotland: 2015-2016

National-level information on criminal justice social work activity in Scotland, including data on criminal justice social work services and social work orders.


Table 1 Summary of criminal justice social work activity: 2009-10 to 2015-16

  2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16
Diversion from prosecution
Cases commenced 1,053 958 1,260 1,326 1,710 1,869 1,863
Individuals 933 939 1,231 1,309 1,657 1,812 1,791
Cases successfully completed 763 800 898 1,078 1,374 1,355 1,313
Bail information
Requests from court for bail information 9,061 8,355 9,709 8,662 6,874 8,006 7,278
Bail supervision cases commenced 481 450 497 411 417 407 355
Bail supervision individuals 436 430 467 397 400 390 318
Criminal justice social work reports 1
Total reports submitted (including supplementaries) 40,762 37,504 36,367 32,558 31,406 30,838 29,846
Individuals with reports submitted 28,888 27,371 26,922 24,785 23,740 22,120 22,667
Supplementary reports submitted 6,031 5,493 4,488 4,536 3,632 4,235 2,858
Statutory throughcare
Cases commenced (custody) 1,019 1,028 1,072 965 1,048 1,044 1,040
Cases commenced (community) 1,062 1,046 1,047 1,001 1,027 1,085 968
Cases completed (community) 845 881 944 927 911 942 982
Cases in force at 31 March (custody/community) 5,546 5,392 5,576 5,778 6,003 5,900 5,794
Voluntary throughcare (assistance)
Cases commenced 2,683 2,725 2,625 2,597 2,489 2,663 2,537
Individuals who received assistance 2,433 2,350 2,428 2,464 2,327 2,429 2,343
Pre-release reports
Total 3,251 3,616 3,425 2,982 3,184 3,056 3,199
Home leave reports 1,569 2,055 1,923 1,500 1,597 1,462 1,513
Home circumstance reports (parole/non-parole) 1,682 1,561 1,502 1,482 1,587 1,594 1,686

1. Social enquiry reports prior to February 2011.

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