Reconviction rates in Scotland: 2013-2014 offender cohort

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


Table 8: Reconviction rates and average number of reconvictions per offender, by index disposal: 1997-98 to 2013-14 cohorts

Index disposal 1 Number of offenders Reconviction rate Average number of reconvictions per offender
Discharged from custody
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 6,010 49.9 1.13
2003-04 5,886 50.1 1.11
2004-05 6,127 47.9 1.06
2005-06 6,239 47.4 1.03
2006-07 6,909 48.5 1.06
2007-08 7,060 46.8 1.00
2008-09 7,406 47.1 0.98
2009-10 7,433 45.9 0.94
2010-11 7,290 45.2 0.91
2011-12 7,313 44.3 0.92
2012-13 7,433 43.6 0.89
2013-14 7,108 43.8 0.84
Restriction of Liberty Order 2
1997-98 - - -
1998-99 25 60.0 1.56
1999-00 54 68.5 1.78
2000-01 62 62.9 1.71
2001-02 58 72.4 1.62
2002-03 224 54.0 1.21
2003-04 371 58.2 1.27
2004-05 442 57.7 1.24
2005-06 524 54.0 1.22
2006-07 548 52.4 1.07
2007-08 556 50.9 1.04
2008-09 594 47.8 0.98
2009-10 511 49.5 0.96
2010-11 461 45.1 0.86
2011-12 496 40.1 0.76
2012-13 559 36.3 0.68
2013-14 643 35.0 0.59
Legacy community order ( CSO, PO) 3
1997-98 6,084 39.6 0.85
1998-99 5,949 40.3 0.88
1999-00 5,594 38.5 0.78
2000-01 5,645 38.9 0.82
2001-02 6,085 40.5 0.86
2002-03 6,557 40.7 0.84
2003-04 6,451 39.0 0.78
2004-05 7,093 39.7 0.79
2005-06 7,772 38.3 0.74
2006-07 7,611 38.1 0.72
2007-08 8,115 36.5 0.68
2008-09 8,853 37.1 0.70
2009-10 8,658 33.6 0.62
2010-11 8,245 33.7 0.61
2011-12 3,773 27.6 0.47
2012-13 660 14.5 0.21
2013-14 202 5.9 0.07
Community Payback Order 4
1997-98 - - -
1998-99 - - -
1999-00 - - -
2000-01
2001-02 - - -
2002-03 - - -
2003-04 - - -
2004-05 - - -
2005-06 - - -
2006-07 - - -
2007-08 - - -
2008-09 - - -
2009-10 - - -
2010-11 174 54.6 1.15
2011-12 6,110 36.6 0.68
2012-13 9,466 32.5 0.57
2013-14 10,551 30.4 0.55
Drug Treatment and Testing Order 5
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
2007-08 327 70.9 1.94
2008-09 361 67.6 1.76
2009-10 362 66.3 1.68
2010-11 373 66.8 1.62
2011-12 279 62.0 1.65
2012-13 315 65.1 1.58
2013-14 328 62.8 1.66
Monetary disposal
1997-98 32,894 29.5 0.54
1998-99 29,560 29.4 0.53
1999-00 25,604 28.9 0.52
2000-01 23,817 28.9 0.51
2001-02 24,864 29.0 0.52
2002-03 24,851 29.1 0.52
2003-04 26,685 29.5 0.51
2004-05 27,462 29.2 0.50
2005-06 27,037 29.3 0.50
2006-07 28,500 29.0 0.49
2007-08 27,496 27.6 0.46
2008-09 22,844 26.7 0.47
2009-10 20,961 26.6 0.45
2010-11 18,679 25.6 0.44
2011-12 17,123 24.1 0.40
2012-13 14,801 23.3 0.39
2013-14 14,829 23.0 0.38
Other disposal 6
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 7,075 23.0 0.41
2003-04 7,391 22.1 0.39
2004-05 8,017 22.3 0.39
2005-06 8,487 23.7 0.41
2006-07 9,439 23.7 0.42
2007-08 9,500 23.2 0.41
2008-09 9,603 23.6 0.44
2009-10 9,492 22.1 0.39
2010-11 9,483 21.9 0.39
2011-12 8,739 22.6 0.40
2012-13 8,481 21.2 0.38
2013-14 8,532 20.7 0.38

1. Caution is needed when comparing reconvictions between different disposals. A disposal may affect the reconviction rates, but different disposals are given for different types of offending behaviour, which are themselves also likely to affect reconviction rates.

2. Restriction of Liberty Orders were not available nationally until 2002.

3. Legacy community order refers to Community Service Orders ( CSOs) and Probation Orders ( POs) which were replaced by Community Payback Orders for crimes or offences committed after 1 February 2011. Legacy community orders given after 1 February are for crimes or offences committed prior to 1 February 2011.

4. Community Payback Orders ( 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.

5. Drug Treatment and Testing Orders were first introduced on a pilot basis in Glasgow and Fife in 1999, and were subsequently rolled out across Scotland in phases, concluding with Argyll and Bute in 2006.

6. Includes Supervised Attendance Orders.

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