Criminal justice social work statistics: 2017-2018

2017-2018 statistics on various areas of criminal justice social work in Scotland.


Table 3: Criminal justice social work reports submitted, community payback orders imposed, drug treatment & testing orders imposed and diversion from prosecution cases commenced: Number and proportion per 10,000 population, 2017-18

Criminal justice social work reports submitted Community payback orders imposed Drug treatment & testing orders imposed Diversion from prosecution cases commenced
Local authority area Number Proportion per 10,000 population1 Number Proportion per 10,000 population1 Number Proportion per 10,000 population1 Number2 Proportion per 10,000 population1,2
Scotland 28,403 73.4 17,834 46.1 573 1.5 1,725 4.5
Aberdeen City 1,282 74.5 1,153 67.0 9 0.5 106 6.2
Aberdeenshire 796 43.4 696 38.0 15 0.8 61 3.3
Angus 727 90.9 349 43.6 0 0.0 31 3.9
Argyll & Bute 321 53.6 170 28.4 3 0.5 21 3.5
Clackmannanshire 452 124.3 240 66.0 2 0.6 11 3.0
Dumfries & Galloway 903 88.8 449 44.2 5 0.5 154 15.1
Dundee City 1,435 133.1 591 54.8 5 0.5 80 7.4
East Ayrshire 1,171 136.5 632 73.7 12 1.4 29 3.4
East Dunbartonshire 309 42.1 189 25.7 2 0.3 28 3.8
East Lothian 268 37.0 165 22.8 17 2.3 34 4.7
East Renfrewshire 265 41.8 126 19.9 0 0.0 11 1.7
Edinburgh, City of1 1,524 39.5 922 23.9 156 4.0 289 6.4
Falkirk 832 73.3 631 55.6 12 1.1 53 4.7
Fife 2,069 79.5 1,190 45.7 70 2.7 88 3.4
Glasgow City 4,127 88.1 2,781 59.4 45 1.0 67 1.4
Highland 820 50.1 608 37.1 12 0.7 43 2.6
Inverclyde 415 74.6 263 47.3 3 0.5 10 1.8
Midlothian1 445 71.1 206 32.9 15 2.4 .. 0.0
Moray 616 92.5 357 53.6 4 0.6 32 4.8
Na h-Eileanan Siar 54 29.6 43 23.6 2 1.1 3 1.6
North Ayrshire 852 90.4 678 71.9 24 2.5 70 7.4
North Lanarkshire 2,212 91.6 1,428 59.1 19 0.8 141 5.8
Orkney Islands 55 36.2 38 25.0 0 0.0 5 3.3
Perth & Kinross 710 68.1 391 37.5 4 0.4 36 3.5
Renfrewshire 905 71.9 522 41.5 27 2.1 77 6.1
Scottish Borders 384 48.9 223 28.4 10 1.3 6 0.8
Shetland Islands 119 74.0 59 36.7 4 2.5 19 11.8
South Ayrshire 689 89.4 418 54.3 17 2.2 30 3.9
South Lanarkshire 1,519 67.5 1,180 52.4 33 1.5 55 2.4
Stirling 369 54.9 242 36.0 3 0.4 40 5.9
West Dunbartonshire 618 97.1 428 67.2 26 4.1 5 0.8
West Lothian 1,140 89.0 466 36.4 17 1.3 90 7.0

1. Population aged 16 to 70 as at 30 June 2017.

2. Diversion from prosecution cases under City of Edinburgh include Midlothian. The rate per 10,000 population for City of Edinburgh is based on the population of both Edinburgh and Midlothian. 

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