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Reconviction rates in Scotland: 2015-2016 offender cohort

Trends in reconviction statistics up to the latest cohort of 2015-2016.

Gender	Number of offenders	Reconviction rate	Average number of reconvictions per offender
Males
1997-98	45,707	32.9	0.63
1998-99	41,844	32.9	0.64
1999-00	37,566	32.2	0.61
2000-01	35,269	32.7	0.62
2001-02	36,963	33.4	0.65
2002-03	37,768	33.9	0.66
2003-04	39,527	33.7	0.64
2004-05	41,516	33.2	0.63
2005-06	42,215	33.7	0.62
2006-07	44,759	33.4	0.62
2007-08	44,383	32.2	0.59
2008-09	41,424	32.5	0.61
2009-10	39,402	31.7	0.58
2010-11	36,986	31.5	0.57
2011-12	36,430	30.8	0.56
2012-13	34,656	30.0	0.54
2013-14	34,996	29.6	0.54
2014-15	36,138	29.3	0.52
2015-16	36,303	28.0	0.49
Females
1997-98	7,738	25.4	0.51
1998-99	7,304	25.8	0.52
1999-00	6,664	25.7	0.49
2000-01	6,296	26.4	0.48
2001-02	6,686	26.8	0.51
2002-03	7,076	27.3	0.52
2003-04	7,478	27.2	0.53
2004-05	7,842	27.9	0.52
2005-06	8,126	26.2	0.48
2006-07	8,547	27.1	0.49
2007-08	8,670	26.4	0.48
2008-09	8,233	26.5	0.53
2009-10	8,014	25.0	0.47
2010-11	7,718	23.9	0.45
2011-12	7,390	24.1	0.46
2012-13	7,041	23.9	0.45
2013-14	7,186	23.3	0.45
2014-15	7,476	23.6	0.45
2015-16	7,733	22.3	0.40

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

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