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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 Individuals	Repeat non-court disposal rate³	Average number of repeat non-court disposals per individual
Males
2008-09	77,073	24.7	0.40
2009-10	82,411	23.9	0.39
2010-11	78,217	23.2	0.38
2011-12	81,810	23.4	0.39
2012-13	84,401	23.8	0.41
2013-14	85,861	22.0	0.37
2014-15	68,172	20.3	0.33
2015-16	58,112	17.9	0.27
Females
2008-09	23,495	16.7	0.23
2009-10	24,931	15.3	0.21
2010-11	24,151	15.1	0.21
2011-12	26,432	17.6	0.25
2012-13	29,591	18.2	0.25
2013-14	28,933	14.1	0.21
2014-15	20,218	13.6	0.21
2015-16	20,727	13.4	0.18

1. The non-court disposals dataset is independent of the dataset on court convictions.

2. Includes police and COPFS disposals.

3. The percentage of individuals receiving a non-court disposal within a year of receiving a non-court disposal.

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