Reconviction rates in Scotland: 2015-2016 offender cohort

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


Table 13: Two year reconviction rates and two year average number of reconvictions per offender: 1997-98 to 2014-15 cohorts1

Cohort Number of offenders Reconviction rate Average number of reconvictions per offender
1997-98 53,445 42.6 1.10
1998-99 49,148 42.5 1.08
1999-00 44,230 42.9 1.08
2000-01 41,565 43.8 1.13
2001-02 43,649 44.2 1.16
2002-03 44,844 45.2 1.18
2003-04 47,005 44.7 1.15
2004-05 49,358 44.5 1.13
2005-06 50,341 44.8 1.13
2006-07 53,306 44.1 1.09
2007-08 53,053 42.5 1.06
2008-09 49,657 42.4 1.08
2009-10 47,416 41.5 1.03
2010-11 44,704 41.1 1.02
2011-12 43,820 40.8 1.00
2012-13 41,697 40.6 0.99
2013-14 42,182 39.9 0.97
2014-15 43,614 38.9 0.91

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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