Criminal justice social work statistics in Scotland: 2016-17

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Table 6 Criminal justice social work reports submitted by age, gender, employment status and ethnicity: 2012-13 to 2016-17

  2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17
Number
Total 28,022 27,774 26,603 26,988 27,012
Age group
16-17 1 1,369 1,173 926 945 925
18-20 3,835 3,445 3,140 3,133 2,906
21-25 5,810 5,443 4,996 4,777 4,768
26-30 4,737 4,588 4,390 4,569 4,503
31-40 6,654 6,818 6,768 7,097 7,278
Over 40 5,617 6,307 6,383 6,467 6,632
Gender
Males 2 23,185 23,006 22,115 22,417 22,515
Females 4,837 4,768 4,488 4,571 4,497
Employment status
Full-time education 465 442 457 438 490
Employed/self employed 5,859 5,944 5,733 6,340 5,991
Unemployed 15,606 14,825 13,865 13,150 13,551
Government training scheme 138 121 111 126 130
Economically inactive 3 3,867 3,754 4,013 4,140 4,039
Other 2,087 2,688 2,424 2,794 2,811
Ethnicity
White 24,900 24,364 23,682 23,211 23,658
Asian 247 313 275 310 311
African, Caribbean or Black 145 165 154 156 182
Mixed 80 96 70 55 72
Other 327 288 243 287 303
Not known/provided 2,323 2,548 2,179 2,969 2,486
  Percentage
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Age group
16-17 1 4.9 4.2 3.5 3.5 3.4
18-20 13.7 12.4 11.8 11.6 10.8
21-25 20.7 19.6 18.8 17.7 17.7
26-30 16.9 16.5 16.5 16.9 16.7
31-40 23.7 24.5 25.4 26.3 26.9
Over 40 20.0 22.7 24.0 24.0 24.6
Gender
Males 2 82.7 82.8 83.1 83.1 83.4
Females 17.3 17.2 16.9 16.9 16.6
Employment status
Full-time education 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.8
Employed/self employed 20.9 21.4 21.6 23.5 22.2
Unemployed 55.7 53.4 52.1 48.7 50.2
Government training scheme * * * * *
Economically inactive 3 13.8 13.5 15.1 15.3 15.0
Other 7.4 9.7 9.1 10.4 10.4
Ethnicity
White 96.9 96.6 97.0 96.6 96.5
Asian 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.3
African, Caribbean or Black 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7
Mixed * * * * *
Other 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.2

Note: Figures exclude supplementary reports.
1. May include a small number of under 16s.
2. Figure for 2016-17 includes two reports for people whose gender was described as "indeterminate" and "other specific".
3. Includes those who are retired, supported by family, caring for home/family or long-term sick/disabled.

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