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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 4: Reconviction rates and average number of reconvictions per offender, males 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 12,076 44.2 0.98
1998-99 11,283 43.9 0.96
1999-00 10,196 42.6 0.90
2000-01 9,600 42.6 0.89
2001-02 9,780 42.7 0.92
2002-03 9,619 43.0 0.92
2003-04 9,810 42.2 0.84
2004-05 10,159 41.0 0.83
2005-06 10,488 43.3 0.84
2006-07 10,991 42.3 0.82
2007-08 10,677 39.7 0.75
2008-09 9,230 39.6 0.76
2009-10 7,981 38.6 0.71
2010-11 7,051 38.0 0.69
2011-12 6,347 36.9 0.66
2012-13 5,195 34.9 0.61
2013-14 4,621 35.7 0.63
21 to 25
1997-98 10,557 34.8 0.62
1998-99 9,215 35.0 0.66
1999-00 8,038 35.2 0.65
2000-01 7,695 36.0 0.67
2001-02 8,091 37.2 0.72
2002-03 8,441 37.8 0.75
2003-04 8,784 37.0 0.72
2004-05 8,942 36.7 0.71
2005-06 9,003 35.9 0.68
2006-07 9,583 35.9 0.66
2007-08 9,427 34.9 0.63
2008-09 8,553 35.1 0.65
2009-10 8,318 34.7 0.62
2010-11 7,601 33.8 0.60
2011-12 7,620 32.0 0.56
2012-13 7,148 32.0 0.54
2013-14 7,069 30.5 0.51
26 to 30
1997-98 8,146 30.7 0.54
1998-99 7,349 30.8 0.55
1999-00 6,309 31.8 0.55
2000-01 5,818 31.8 0.57
2001-02 6,009 34.2 0.64
2002-03 5,970 35.4 0.66
2003-04 5,996 36.6 0.68
2004-05 6,258 34.8 0.67
2005-06 6,229 35.5 0.65
2006-07 6,641 35.2 0.66
2007-08 6,839 34.2 0.64
2008-09 6,570 35.5 0.69
2009-10 6,500 33.2 0.62
2010-11 6,171 34.3 0.66
2011-12 6,126 33.5 0.64
2012-13 6,178 32.1 0.59
2013-14 6,016 31.5 0.57
31 to 40
1997-98 9,499 26.0 0.45
1998-99 8,990 26.2 0.46
1999-00 8,349 25.5 0.42
2000-01 7,786 25.8 0.43
2001-02 8,364 26.9 0.46
2002-03 8,621 28.1 0.49
2003-04 9,268 29.4 0.51
2004-05 9,834 29.8 0.51
2005-06 9,779 29.6 0.52
2006-07 10,323 29.8 0.52
2007-08 9,962 29.4 0.53
2008-09 9,530 31.0 0.58
2009-10 9,122 31.5 0.57
2010-11 8,720 31.5 0.58
2011-12 8,751 31.7 0.61
2012-13 8,635 31.2 0.60
2013-14 8,961 31.4 0.59
Over 40
1997-98 5,424 19.2 0.35
1998-99 4,999 18.8 0.32
1999-00 4,668 17.2 0.29
2000-01 4,370 18.6 0.31
2001-02 4,717 17.9 0.31
2002-03 5,128 18.6 0.31
2003-04 5,652 17.9 0.31
2004-05 6,330 19.5 0.33
2005-06 6,705 19.8 0.32
2006-07 7,223 20.0 0.34
2007-08 7,479 19.9 0.34
2008-09 7,544 20.3 0.36
2009-10 7,481 19.9 0.35
2010-11 7,443 20.4 0.36
2011-12 7,596 21.1 0.37
2012-13 7,516 21.4 0.38
2013-14 8,338 21.3 0.38

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

Contact

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