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Publication - Statistics

Criminal justice social work statistics in Scotland: 2016-17

Published
6 February 2018
Directorate
Justice Directorate
Topic
Law and order
ISBN
9781788515825

A national statistics publication for Scotland.

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Table 9 Community payback orders commenced by age, gender, employment status and ethnicity: 2012-13 to 2016-17

  2012-135 2013-145 2014-155 2015-165 2016-17
Number
Total 16,061 18,687 19,067 19,444 19,136
Age group 1
16-17 788 685 610 614 609
18-20 2,263 2,374 2,314 2,271 2,051
21-25 3,546 4,092 3,877 3,816 3,735
26-30 2,830 3,167 3,385 3,496 3,405
31-40 3,753 4,626 4,859 5,066 5,125
Over 40 2,881 3,743 4,022 4,181 4,211
Gender
Male 13,678 15,810 16,120 16,486 16,299
Female 2,383 2,877 2,947 2,958 2,837
Employment status
Full-time education 293 314 313 314 343
Employed/self employed 3,138 3,870 4,108 4,355 4,310
Unemployed 9,959 11,431 11,505 11,504 11,068
Government training scheme 89 68 74 72 52
Economically inactive 2 1,260 1,621 1,822 1,876 2,022
Other 3 1,322 1,383 1,245 1,323 317
Not known 4         1,024
Ethnicity
White 14,535 16,395 16,601 17,677 17,238
Asian 127 193 173 202 218
African, Caribbean or Black 51 57 99 93 125
Mixed 69 81 58 48 62
Other 156 145 163 175 194
Not known/provided 1,123 1,816 1,973 1,249 1,299
  Percentage
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Age group 1
16-17 4.9 3.7 3.2 3.2 3.2
18-20 14.1 12.7 12.1 11.7 10.7
21-25 22.1 21.9 20.3 19.6 19.5
26-30 17.6 16.9 17.8 18.0 17.8
31-40 23.4 24.8 25.5 26.1 26.8
Over 40 17.9 20.0 21.1 21.5 22.0
Gender
Male 85.2 84.6 84.5 84.8 85.2
Female 14.8 15.4 15.5 15.2 14.8
Employment status
Full-time education 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.9
Employed/self employed 19.5 20.7 21.5 22.4 23.8
Unemployed 62.0 61.2 60.3 59.2 61.1
Government training scheme 0.6 * * * *
Economically inactive2 7.8 8.7 9.6 9.6 11.2
Other3 8.2 7.4 6.5 6.8 1.8
Ethnicity (where known)
White 97.3 97.2 97.1 97.2 96.6
Asian 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.2
African, Caribbean or Black * * 0.6 0.5 0.7
Mixed * * * * *
Other 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1

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 to 2015-16, includes some orders where employment status was not known.
4. Orders where the employment status was unknown have been shown separately for 2016-17. Percentages for this year are calculated as a proportion of all orders where the employment status was known.
5. Figures for the years 2012-13 to 2015-16 have been revised from those previously published due to the receipt of updated information from some councils.

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