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.


Tables

The following symbols are used throughout the tables in this bulletin:

- Nil
* Less than 0.5
n/a Not available
** Rates based on fewer than 10 people and not suitable for publication

All percentages, reconviction rates and average number of reconvictions per offender are shown in italics.

These tables can also be found, with additional datasets that contain supplementary information, on the datasets page.

In Tables 1 to 12, the number of offenders that are reconvicted, and the number of reconvictions, are omitted from the bulletin for clarity. These values are included in the additional datasets which accompany this bulletin.

The definitions of reconviction rate and the average number of reconvictions per offender are described in Annex Table A1.

Table 1: Reconviction rates and average number of reconvictions per offender: 1997-98 to 2013-14 cohorts

Cohort Number of offenders 1 Reconviction rate 1 Average number of reconvictions per offender 1
1997-98 53,444 31.8 0.62
1998-99 49,145 31.8 0.62
1999-00 44,231 31.3 0.59
2000-01 41,569 31.8 0.60
2001-02 43,648 32.4 0.63
2002-03 44,860 32.9 0.64
2003-04 46,985 32.7 0.62
2004-05 49,372 32.4 0.61
2005-06 50,327 32.5 0.60
2006-07 53,310 32.4 0.60
2007-08 53,054 31.2 0.57
2008-09 49,661 31.5 0.60
2009-10 47,417 30.6 0.56
2010-11 44,705 30.1 0.55
2011-12 43,833 29.6 0.55
2012-13 41,715 28.9 0.53
2013-14 42,193 28.3 0.51

1. Figures for previous cohorts may differ from previously published figures as updated information is fed into the Scottish Offenders Index.

Contact

Email: Mark Bell

Phone: 0300 244 4000 – Central Enquiry Unit

The Scottish Government
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