Reconviction Rates in Scotland: 2011-12 Offender Cohort
This publication provides analyses of trends in reconviction figures up to the latest cohort of 2011-12.
Table 7 Reconviction rates and average number of reconvictions per offender, by index disposal
| Discharged from custody | Number of offenders | Reconviction rate | Average number of reconvictions per offender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-98 | 6,118 | 48.4 | 1.04 |
| 1998-99 | 5,821 | 49.1 | 1.09 |
| 1999-00 | 5,744 | 46.3 | 0.99 |
| 2000-01 | 5,573 | 47.4 | 1.00 |
| 2001-02 | 5,950 | 47.9 | 1.06 |
| 2002-03 | 6,008 | 49.9 | 1.12 |
| 2003-04 | 5,885 | 50.1 | 1.11 |
| 2004-05 | 6,127 | 47.9 | 1.06 |
| 2005-06 | 6,240 | 47.4 | 1.03 |
| 2006-07 | 6,909 | 48.5 | 1.06 |
| 2007-08 | 7,060 | 46.8 | 1.00 |
| 2008-09 | 7,404 | 47.1 | 0.98 |
| 2009-10 | 7,432 | 45.9 | 0.94 |
| 2010-11 | 7,289 | 45.2 | 0.91 |
| 2011-12 | 7,314 | 43.8 | 0.90 |
| Community Sentence (CPO, CSO, PO)1 | |||
| 1997-98 | 6,084 | 39.6 | 0.85 |
| 1998-99 | 5,950 | 40.3 | 0.88 |
| 1999-00 | 5,597 | 38.5 | 0.78 |
| 2000-01 | 5,651 | 39.0 | 0.82 |
| 2001-02 | 6,093 | 40.5 | 0.86 |
| 2002-03 | 6,568 | 40.7 | 0.84 |
| 2003-04 | 6,467 | 39.0 | 0.79 |
| 2004-05 | 7,119 | 39.8 | 0.80 |
| 2005-06 | 7,808 | 38.6 | 0.75 |
| 2006-07 | 7,643 | 38.2 | 0.73 |
| 2007-08 | 8,135 | 36.6 | 0.68 |
| 2008-09 | 8,878 | 37.1 | 0.71 |
| 2009-10 | 8,679 | 33.7 | 0.62 |
| 2010-11 | 8,443 | 34.2 | 0.62 |
| 2011-12 | 9,890 | 32.5 | 0.58 |
| Restriction of Liberty Order2 | |||
| 1997-98 | - | - | - |
| 1998-99 | 24 | 58.3 | 1.54 |
| 1999-00 | 50 | 66.0 | 1.76 |
| 2000-01 | 55 | 60.0 | 1.62 |
| 2001-02 | 54 | 70.4 | 1.56 |
| 2002-03 | 212 | 53.3 | 1.17 |
| 2003-04 | 353 | 57.8 | 1.25 |
| 2004-05 | 414 | 57.2 | 1.20 |
| 2005-06 | 486 | 52.1 | 1.16 |
| 2006-07 | 510 | 51.2 | 1.05 |
| 2007-08 | 533 | 50.7 | 1.03 |
| 2008-09 | 567 | 47.1 | 0.95 |
| 2009-10 | 489 | 49.3 | 0.96 |
| 2010-11 | 444 | 44.4 | 0.83 |
| 2011-12 | 485 | 39.2 | 0.73 |
| Drug Treatment and Testing Order3 | |||
| 1997-98 | - | - | - |
| 1998-99 | - | - | - |
| 1999-00 | 1 | - | - |
| 2000-01 | 36 | 58.3 | 1.31 |
| 2001-02 | 95 | 74.7 | 2.12 |
| 2002-03 | 143 | 75.5 | 2.41 |
| 2003-04 | 201 | 79.1 | 2.21 |
| 2004-05 | 231 | 78.4 | 2.20 |
| 2005-06 | 268 | 70.1 | 1.88 |
| 2006-07 | 303 | 75.2 | 2.03 |
| 2007-08 | 326 | 70.9 | 1.94 |
| 2008-09 | 361 | 67.6 | 1.77 |
| 2009-10 | 362 | 66.0 | 1.68 |
| 2010-11 | 373 | 66.5 | 1.60 |
| 2011-12 | 280 | 56.1 | 1.45 |
| Monetary disposal | |||
| 1997-98 | 32,894 | 29.5 | 0.54 |
| 1998-99 | 29,559 | 29.4 | 0.53 |
| 1999-00 | 25,603 | 28.9 | 0.52 |
| 2000-01 | 23,817 | 28.9 | 0.51 |
| 2001-02 | 24,863 | 29.0 | 0.52 |
| 2002-03 | 24,850 | 29.1 | 0.52 |
| 2003-04 | 26,687 | 29.5 | 0.51 |
| 2004-05 | 27,459 | 29.2 | 0.50 |
| 2005-06 | 27,036 | 29.3 | 0.50 |
| 2006-07 | 28,497 | 29.0 | 0.49 |
| 2007-08 | 27,492 | 27.6 | 0.46 |
| 2008-09 | 22,840 | 26.7 | 0.47 |
| 2009-10 | 20,961 | 26.6 | 0.45 |
| 2010-11 | 18,679 | 25.5 | 0.44 |
| 2011-12 | 17,121 | 23.9 | 0.39 |
| Other disposal | |||
| 1997-98 | 8,348 | 23.0 | 0.42 |
| 1998-99 | 7,790 | 21.5 | 0.38 |
| 1999-00 | 7,234 | 21.7 | 0.37 |
| 2000-01 | 6,436 | 22.2 | 0.37 |
| 2001-02 | 6,596 | 22.5 | 0.40 |
| 2002-03 | 7,077 | 23.0 | 0.41 |
| 2003-04 | 7,391 | 22.1 | 0.39 |
| 2004-05 | 8,017 | 22.3 | 0.39 |
| 2005-06 | 8,487 | 23.8 | 0.41 |
| 2006-07 | 9,439 | 23.6 | 0.42 |
| 2007-08 | 9,496 | 23.2 | 0.41 |
| 2008-09 | 9,603 | 23.5 | 0.44 |
| 2009-10 | 9,490 | 22.1 | 0.39 |
| 2010-11 | 9,484 | 21.9 | 0.39 |
| 2011-12 | 8,736 | 22.3 | 0.39 |
1. Community Sentence refers to Community Service Orders, Probation Orders and Community Payback Orders (CPOs). CPOs were introduced by the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 and came into effect from 1 February 2011. The CPO replaces provisions for Community Service Orders, Probation Orders and Supervised Attendance Orders.
2. Restriction of Liberty Orders were not available nationally until 2002.
3. DTTOs were rolled out to Glasgow, Fife and Aberdeen between 1999 and 2002, Edinburgh, Renfrewshire, Inverclyde and Tayside in 2002-03 and has been available to almost every court in Scotland since 2005-06.
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