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Publication - Statistics

Reconviction rates in Scotland: 2013-2014 offender cohort

Published
19 May 2016
Directorate
Justice Directorate
Topic
Law and order
ISBN
9781786522672

Scottish Government publication providing analysis of trends in reconviction figures up to the latest cohort of 2013 to 2014.

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Table 3: Reconviction rates and average number of reconvictions per offender, by age: 1997-98 to 2013-14 cohorts

Age Number of offenders 1 Reconviction rate Average number of reconvictions per offender
Under 21
1997-98 13,790 42.4 0.93
1998-99 12,984 42.1 0.92
1999-00 11,785 41.0 0.87
2000-01 11,005 41.5 0.87
2001-02 11,231 41.2 0.89
2002-03 11,058 41.3 0.89
2003-04 11,315 40.6 0.82
2004-05 11,647 39.4 0.79
2005-06 12,113 41.4 0.80
2006-07 12,688 40.6 0.78
2007-08 12,404 38.2 0.72
2008-09 10,755 37.9 0.72
2009-10 9,323 36.8 0.68
2010-11 8,242 36.1 0.66
2011-12 7,433 35.0 0.63
2012-13 6,090 33.4 0.58
2013-14 5,391 34.1 0.61
21 to 25
1997-98 12,183 34.1 0.63
1998-99 10,763 34.4 0.66
1999-00 9,455 34.5 0.64
2000-01 8,993 35.5 0.66
2001-02 9,477 36.5 0.71
2002-03 9,926 37.1 0.74
2003-04 10,338 36.4 0.72
2004-05 10,592 36.5 0.71
2005-06 10,586 35.2 0.68
2006-07 11,241 35.3 0.66
2007-08 11,139 34.3 0.63
2008-09 10,107 34.2 0.65
2009-10 9,807 33.7 0.61
2010-11 9,000 32.9 0.59
2011-12 8,888 31.1 0.55
2012-13 8,402 31.0 0.53
2013-14 8,292 29.3 0.50
26 to 30
1997-98 9,595 30.3 0.54
1998-99 8,674 30.4 0.54
1999-00 7,454 31.5 0.55
2000-01 6,943 31.2 0.56
2001-02 7,167 33.3 0.62
2002-03 7,129 34.5 0.64
2003-04 7,259 35.6 0.66
2004-05 7,527 34.5 0.66
2005-06 7,588 34.8 0.64
2006-07 8,011 34.7 0.65
2007-08 8,253 33.6 0.63
2008-09 7,989 34.9 0.68
2009-10 7,895 32.9 0.62
2010-11 7,481 33.5 0.65
2011-12 7,435 32.8 0.64
2012-13 7,415 31.4 0.59
2013-14 7,219 31.0 0.56
31 to 40
1997-98 11,462 25.2 0.43
1998-99 10,816 25.4 0.44
1999-00 10,063 24.6 0.40
2000-01 9,440 24.9 0.41
2001-02 10,137 26.3 0.44
2002-03 10,576 27.4 0.48
2003-04 11,291 28.5 0.50
2004-05 12,075 28.9 0.50
2005-06 11,956 28.5 0.49
2006-07 12,642 29.0 0.50
2007-08 12,199 28.6 0.51
2008-09 11,637 30.2 0.57
2009-10 11,220 30.3 0.55
2010-11 10,840 29.9 0.55
2011-12 10,803 30.7 0.59
2012-13 10,580 30.2 0.58
2013-14 11,037 30.2 0.57
Over 40
1997-98 6,408 18.7 0.34
1998-99 5,900 18.3 0.31
1999-00 5,464 16.8 0.29
2000-01 5,181 17.8 0.29
2001-02 5,633 17.5 0.30
2002-03 6,170 18.4 0.31
2003-04 6,780 17.4 0.30
2004-05 7,529 19.2 0.32
2005-06 8,083 19.2 0.31
2006-07 8,728 19.5 0.33
2007-08 9,059 19.5 0.33
2008-09 9,173 19.8 0.35
2009-10 9,172 19.2 0.35
2010-11 9,142 19.7 0.34
2011-12 9,274 20.2 0.36
2012-13 9,228 20.6 0.37
2013-14 10,254 20.5 0.37

1. There were a small number of offenders (3 per cohort on average) where their age could not be determined. These offenders aren't included in this table.

Contact

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