Criminal justice social work statistics: 2017-2018

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


Table 14: Community payback orders commenced by length of supervision requirement: 2013-14 to 2017-18

2013-141 2014-151 2015-161 2016-171 2017-18
Orders with supervision requirement 9,435 9,501 9,936 10,167 10,127
6 months or less 686 605 631 663 700
More than 6 months - 12 months 4,684 4,772 4,937 5,016 5,135
More than 12 months - 18 months 2,236 2,303 2,415 2,497 2,416
More than 18 months - 24 months 1,416 1,387 1,548 1,610 1,489
More than 24 months - 36 months 366 415 405 381 387
Average length (months) 15.5 15.6 15.6 15.5 15.4

Note:

1. Revisions have been made to the 2013-14 to 2016-17 data. For the years 2013-14 and 2014-15, information on the length of supervision was unknown for a small number of orders. The average length for these years is therefore calculated on orders where the length was known.

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