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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 2: Reconviction rates and average number of reconvictions per offender, by sex: 1997-98 to 2018-19 cohorts


Sex	Number of offenders	Reconviction rate	Average number of reconvictions per offender
Males
1997-98	45,723	32.9	0.63
1998-99	41,840	32.9	0.64
1999-00	37,581	32.2	0.61
2000-01	35,266	32.7	0.62
2001-02	36,960	33.4	0.65
2002-03	37,772	33.9	0.66
2003-04	39,527	33.7	0.64
2004-05	41,511	33.2	0.63
2005-06	42,218	33.6	0.62
2006-07	44,758	33.4	0.62
2007-08	44,376	32.2	0.59
2008-09	41,431	32.5	0.61
2009-10	39,402	31.7	0.58
2010-11	36,988	31.5	0.57
2011-12	36,429	30.8	0.56
2012-13	34,656	30.0	0.54
2013-14	34,991	29.6	0.54
2014-15	36,137	29.3	0.52
2015-16	36,317	28.3	0.49
2016-17	33,421	28.2	0.49
2017-18	30,359	27.1	0.47
2018-19	27,271	29.0	0.51
Females
1997-98	7,737	25.4	0.51
1998-99	7,305	25.8	0.52
1999-00	6,664	25.7	0.49
2000-01	6,295	26.4	0.48
2001-02	6,687	26.8	0.51
2002-03	7,076	27.3	0.52
2003-04	7,476	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	8,668	26.4	0.48
2008-09	8,234	26.5	0.53
2009-10	8,014	25.0	0.47
2010-11	7,719	23.9	0.45
2011-12	7,390	24.1	0.46
2012-13	7,040	23.9	0.45
2013-14	7,186	23.3	0.45
2014-15	7,477	23.7	0.45
2015-16	7,733	22.7	0.42
2016-17	7,170	23.5	0.44
2017-18	6,315	23.2	0.43
2018-19	5,641	24.6	0.48

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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