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Reconviction Rates in Scotland: 2018-19 Offender Cohort

Analyses of trends in reconviction statistics up to the latest cohort of 2018-19.

Table 1: Reconviction rates and average number of reconvictions per offender: 1997-98 to 2018-19 cohorts


Cohort	Number of offenders	Reconviction rate	Average number of reconvictions per offender
1997-98	53,460	31.8	0.62
1998-99	49,145	31.8	0.62
1999-00	44,245	31.3	0.59
2000-01	41,561	31.8	0.60
2001-02	43,647	32.4	0.63
2002-03	44,848	32.9	0.64
2003-04	47,003	32.7	0.62
2004-05	49,353	32.4	0.61
2005-06	50,344	32.4	0.60
2006-07	53,305	32.4	0.60
2007-08	53,044	31.2	0.57
2008-09	49,665	31.5	0.60
2009-10	47,416	30.6	0.56
2010-11	44,707	30.1	0.55
2011-12	43,819	29.6	0.55
2012-13	41,696	28.9	0.53
2013-14	42,177	28.5	0.52
2014-15	43,614	28.4	0.51
2015-16	44,050	27.3	0.48
2016-17	40,591	27.4	0.48
2017-18	36,674	26.4	0.47
2018-19	32,912	28.3	0.50

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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