Criminal justice social work statistics in Scotland: 2018-2019
A national statistics publication for Scotland.
Table 10 Community payback orders commenced by age, gender, employment status and ethnicity: 2014-15 to 2018-19
| 2014-15 | 2015-165 | 2016-175 | 2017-185 | 2018-196 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | |||||
| Total | 19,065 | 19,452 | 19,206 | 17,877 | 16,418 |
| Age group1 | |||||
| 16-17 | 610 | 615 | 615 | 530 | 437 |
| 18-20 | 2,314 | 2,271 | 2,062 | 1,841 | 1,592 |
| 21-25 | 3,877 | 3,816 | 3,751 | 3,158 | 2,844 |
| 26-30 | 3,384 | 3,499 | 3,420 | 3,112 | 2,995 |
| 31-40 | 4,859 | 5,067 | 5,144 | 5,079 | 4,723 |
| Over 40 | 4,021 | 4,184 | 4,214 | 4,157 | 3,827 |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 16,118 | 16,494 | 16,366 | 15,161 | 14,019 |
| Female | 2,947 | 2,958 | 2,840 | 2,716 | 2,399 |
| Employment status | |||||
| Full-time education | 313 | 315 | 353 | 277 | 265 |
| Employed/self employed | 4,108 | 4,358 | 4,325 | 4,242 | 4,070 |
| Unemployed | 11,503 | 11,504 | 11,104 | 10,244 | 9,230 |
| Government training scheme | 74 | 72 | 52 | 55 | 32 |
| Economically inactive2 | 1,822 | 1,875 | 2,024 | 1,951 | 1,798 |
| Other3 | 1,245 | 1,328 | 321 | 456 | 434 |
| Not known4 | 1,027 | 652 | 589 | ||
| Ethnicity | |||||
| White | 16,600 | 17,682 | 17,302 | 16,024 | 14,464 |
| Asian | 173 | 202 | 220 | 218 | 249 |
| African, Caribbean or Black | 99 | 93 | 124 | 136 | 124 |
| Mixed | 58 | 49 | 64 | 52 | 51 |
| Other | 163 | 175 | 192 | 209 | 182 |
| Not known/provided | 1,972 | 1,251 | 1,304 | 1,238 | 1,348 |
| Percentage | |||||
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Age group1 | |||||
| 16-17 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.7 |
| 18-20 | 12.1 | 11.7 | 10.7 | 10.3 | 9.7 |
| 21-25 | 20.3 | 19.6 | 19.5 | 17.7 | 17.3 |
| 26-30 | 17.7 | 18.0 | 17.8 | 17.4 | 18.2 |
| 31-40 | 25.5 | 26.0 | 26.8 | 28.4 | 28.8 |
| Over 40 | 21.1 | 21.5 | 21.9 | 23.3 | 23.3 |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 84.5 | 84.8 | 85.2 | 84.8 | 85.4 |
| Female | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.8 | 15.2 | 14.6 |
| Employment status | |||||
| Full-time education | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| Employed/self employed | 21.5 | 22.4 | 22.5 | 24.6 | 25.7 |
| Unemployed | 60.3 | 59.1 | 57.8 | 59.5 | 58.3 |
| Government training scheme | * | * | * | * | * |
| Economically inactive2 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 10.5 | 11.3 | 11.4 |
| Other3 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
| Ethnicity (where known) | |||||
| White | 97.1 | 97.1 | 96.6 | 96.3 | 96.0 |
| Asian | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
| African, Caribbean or Black | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Mixed | * | * | * | * | * |
| Other | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
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 2014-15 and 2015-16, includes some orders where employment status was not known.
4. Orders where the employment status was unknown have been shown separately from 2016-17 onwards. Percentages for these years are calculated as a proportion of all orders where the employment status was known.
5. Figures for the years 2015-16 to 2017-18 have been revised from those previously published due to the receipt of updated information from some councils.
6. The figure for males for 2018-19 includes 4 orders with gender "other".
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