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Criminal justice social work statistics: 2017-2018
2017-2018 statistics on various areas of criminal justice social work in Scotland.
Table 5: Diversion from prosecution cases commenced by age, gender, employment status and ethnicity: 2013-14 to 2017-18
| 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-164 | 2016-174 | 2017-18 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | |||||
| Total | 1,710 | 1,869 | 1,859 | 2,006 | 1,725 |
| Age group1 | |||||
| 16-17 | 469 | 535 | 540 | 414 | 488 |
| 18-20 | 264 | 299 | 267 | 248 | 287 |
| 21-25 | 142 | 136 | 120 | 170 | 136 |
| 26-30 | 134 | 156 | 145 | 178 | 124 |
| 31-40 | 311 | 273 | 264 | 360 | 265 |
| Over 40 | 390 | 470 | 523 | 636 | 425 |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 946 | 1,074 | 1,075 | 1,171 | 1,008 |
| Female | 764 | 795 | 784 | 835 | 717 |
| Employment status | |||||
| Full-time education | 135 | 201 | 169 | 163 | 161 |
| Employed/self employed | 305 | 367 | 350 | 579 | 369 |
| Unemployed | 886 | 888 | 677 | 670 | 506 |
| Government training scheme | 33 | 40 | 39 | 23 | 11 |
| Economically inactive2 | 171 | 153 | 215 | 211 | 128 |
| Other3 | 180 | 220 | 409 | 360 | 550 |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| White | 1,395 | 1,422 | 1,397 | 1,642 | 1,331 |
| Asian | 10 | 27 | 20 | 23 | 10 |
| African, Caribbean or Black | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 |
| Mixed | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
| Other | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
| Not known/provided | 274 | 388 | 405 | 307 | 346 |
| Percentage | |||||
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Age group1 | |||||
| 16-17 | 27.4 | 28.6 | 29.0 | 20.6 | 28.3 |
| 18-20 | 15.4 | 16.0 | 14.4 | 12.4 | 16.6 |
| 21-25 | 8.3 | 7.3 | 6.5 | 8.5 | 7.9 |
| 26-30 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 8.9 | 7.2 |
| 31-40 | 18.2 | 14.6 | 14.2 | 17.9 | 15.4 |
| Over 40 | 22.8 | 25.1 | 28.1 | 31.7 | 24.6 |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 55.3 | 57.5 | 57.8 | 58.4 | 58.4 |
| Female | 44.7 | 42.5 | 42.2 | 41.6 | 41.6 |
| Employment status | |||||
| Full-time education | 7.9 | 10.8 | 9.1 | 8.1 | 9.3 |
| Employed/self employed | 17.8 | 19.6 | 18.8 | 28.9 | 21.4 |
| Unemployed | 51.8 | 47.5 | 36.4 | 33.4 | 29.3 |
| Government training scheme | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 |
| Economically inactive2 | 10.0 | 8.2 | 11.6 | 10.5 | 7.4 |
| Other3 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 22.0 | 17.9 | 31.9 |
| Ethnicity (where known) | |||||
| White | 97.1 | 96.0 | 96.1 | 96.6 | 96.5 |
| Asian | 0.7 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.7 |
| African, Caribbean or Black | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Mixed | * | * | * | * | 0.7 |
| Other | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
1. Age is at commencement of case. 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. Includes cases where the employment status is not known.
4. Figures for 2015-16 and 2016-17 have been amended from those originally published last year. This is due to the erroneous exclusion last year of revised figures for South Ayrshire for 2016-17 and the receipt of updated information for Angus for 2015-16 and 2016-17.
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