Reconviction Rates in Scotland: 2010-11 Offender Cohort

Analysis of one year reconviction rates for the cohort of offenders released from a custodial sentence or receiving a non-custodial disposal in 2010-11


Table 2: One year reconviction frequency rates and one year reconviction rates, by gender

Males Number of offenders Reconviction rate2 Reconviction frequency rate2
1997-98 45,715 32.8 63.2
1998-99 41,848 32.8 63.5
1999-00 37,577 32.2 60.6
2000-01 35,273 32.7 61.7
2001-02 36,975 33.4 64.9
2002-03 37,784 33.9 66.0
2003-04 39,514 33.7 63.7
2004-05 41,523 33.2 62.6
2005-06 42,202 33.7 62.2
2006-07 44,760 33.4 61.7
2007-08 44,381 32.2 59.0
2008-09 41,424 32.5 61.1
2009-10 39,399 31.6 57.4
2010-11 36,458 29.6 52.1
Females
1997-98 7,772 25.5 51.6
1998-99 7,331 25.8 51.7
1999-00 6,694 25.7 49.2
2000-01 6,321 26.5 48.4
2001-02 6,712 26.7 50.9
2002-03 7,100 27.3 52.3
2003-04 7,484 27.2 52.5
2004-05 7,856 27.9 52.4
2005-06 8,134 26.2 48.3
2006-07 8,556 27.1 49.2
2007-08 8,670 26.4 48.4
2008-09 8,228 26.5 52.8
2009-10 8,016 25.0 46.9
2010-11 7,668 22.8 41.2

1. The number of offenders that are reconvicted, and the number of reconvictions, are omitted from the bulletin for clarity. They are included in the additional datasets which accompany this bulletin.

2. The definition of reconviction frequency rate and reconviction rate is described in section 12.2.1

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