Criminal justice social work statistics: 2020 - 2021
Mainly national-level information on criminal justice social work activity in Scotland in the first full year affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Includes data on justice social work services and social work orders, as well as characteristics of the individuals involved.
Table 8 Community payback orders commenced by age, gender, employment status and ethnicity: 2016-17 to 2020-21
| 2016-174 | 2017-184 | 2018-194,5 | 2019-204,5 | 2020-215,6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | |||||
| Total | 19,200 | 17,882 | 16,469 | 16,800 | 8,169 |
| Age group1 | |||||
| 16-17 | 615 | 532 | 438 | 349 | 151 |
| 18-20 | 2,061 | 1,839 | 1,595 | 1,559 | 676 |
| 21-25 | 3,751 | 3,161 | 2,859 | 2,816 | 1,245 |
| 26-30 | 3,419 | 3,115 | 3,000 | 3,008 | 1,483 |
| 31-40 | 5,142 | 5,078 | 4,736 | 5,133 | 2,515 |
| Over 40 | 4,212 | 4,157 | 3,841 | 3,935 | 2,099 |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 16,360 | 15,166 | 14,056 | 14,299 | 6,987 |
| Female | 2,840 | 2,716 | 2,413 | 2,501 | 1,182 |
| Employment status | |||||
| Full-time education | 353 | 277 | 264 | 279 | 157 |
| Employed/self employed | 4,325 | 4,247 | 4,076 | 4,142 | 1,755 |
| Unemployed | 11,099 | 10,246 | 9,263 | 9,707 | 4,908 |
| Government training scheme | 52 | 55 | 32 | 33 | 25 |
| Economically inactive2 | 2,025 | 1,951 | 1,804 | 1,899 | 1,023 |
| Other3 | 321 | 456 | 431 | 147 | 52 |
| Not known | 1,025 | 650 | 599 | 593 | 249 |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| White | 17,299 | 16,030 | 14,512 | 15,082 | 6,990 |
| Asian | 220 | 218 | 250 | 243 | 102 |
| African, Caribbean or Black | 124 | 136 | 125 | 142 | 58 |
| Mixed | 64 | 52 | 52 | 48 | 23 |
| Other | 192 | 209 | 182 | 179 | 72 |
| Not known/provided | 1,301 | 1,237 | 1,348 | 1,106 | 924 |
| Percentage | |||||
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Age group1 | |||||
| 16-17 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| 18-20 | 10.7 | 10.3 | 9.7 | 9.3 | 8.3 |
| 21-25 | 19.5 | 17.7 | 17.4 | 16.8 | 15.2 |
| 26-30 | 17.8 | 17.4 | 18.2 | 17.9 | 18.2 |
| 31-40 | 26.8 | 28.4 | 28.8 | 30.6 | 30.8 |
| Over 40 | 21.9 | 23.2 | 23.3 | 23.4 | 25.7 |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 85.2 | 84.8 | 85.3 | 85.1 | 85.5 |
| Female | 14.8 | 15.2 | 14.7 | 14.9 | 14.5 |
| Employment status | |||||
| Full-time education | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
| Employed/self employed | 22.5 | 24.6 | 25.7 | 25.6 | 22.2 |
| Unemployed | 57.8 | 59.5 | 58.4 | 59.9 | 62.0 |
| Government training scheme | * | * | * | * | * |
| Economically inactive2 | 10.5 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 11.7 | 12.9 |
| Other | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
| Ethnicity (where known) | |||||
| White | 96.6 | 96.3 | 96.0 | 96.1 | 96.5 |
| Asian | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| African, Caribbean or Black | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| Mixed | * | * | * | * | * |
| Other | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
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. An exercise was conducted for 2019-20 and 2020-21 which asked councils to look further at orders where the employment status was originally being classified under "other". As a result, a number of orders were reclassified and the number of "others" was substantially lower than in previous years.
4. Figures for the years 2016-17 to 2019-20 have been revised from those previously published due to the receipt of updated information from some councils.
5. The figures for males for 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 include, respectively, 5, 2 and 1 orders with gender "other".
6. Figures for 2020-21 include estimates for Renfrewshire.
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