Reconviction Rates in Scotland: 2018-19 Offender Cohort

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


Table 15: Individuals given police disposals and subsequent non-court disposals, by disposal type: 2008-09 to 2018-19 cohorts

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Police disposal Number of individuals Repeat non-court disposal rate3,4 Average number of repeat non-court disposals per individual3
ASBFPN5
2008-09 38,917 28.5 0.48
2009-10 48,241 27.5 0.47
2010-11 42,841 27.4 0.49
2011-12 41,476 28.6 0.54
2012-13 41,779 28.7 0.56
2013-14 42,656 26.0 0.48
2014-15 33,621 23.5 0.43
2015-16 24,203 20.4 0.35
2016-17 12,856 20.4 0.32
2017-18 9,512 18.6 0.28
2018-19 7,619 19.4 0.30
Formal Adult Warning6
2008-09 6,803 18.0 0.28
2009-10 7,474 14.7 0.22
2010-11 6,775 13.4 0.20
2011-12 7,555 15.4 0.24
2012-13 7,438 16.3 0.26
2013-14 6,592 13.6 0.22
2014-15 4,380 11.8 0.18
2015-16 3,158 10.8 0.15
2016-17 217 25.3 0.47
2017-18 161 26.1 0.39
2018-19 25 36.0 0.84
Restorative Justice Warning
2008-09 2,269 7.9 0.10
2009-10 2,153 6.0 0.07
2010-11 1,646 6.9 0.09
2011-12 949 8.6 0.10
2012-13 548 18.4 0.29
2013-14 376 18.6 0.29
2014-15 212 21.2 0.32
2015-16 281 27.8 0.52
2016-17 283 23.0 0.42
2017-18 333 24.9 0.45
2018-19 255 22.7 0.35
Early and Effective Inverventions
2008-09 93 15.1 0.17
2009-10 215 21.4 0.27
2010-11 432 19.2 0.25
2011-12 2,190 20.4 0.29
2012-13 3,438 19.8 0.29
2013-14 3,858 23.3 0.39
2014-15 4,198 23.0 0.38
2015-16 5,103 23.6 0.41
2016-17 4,537 24.7 0.46
2017-18 4,316 22.2 0.39
2018-19 3,691 22.7 0.37
Recorded Police Warning
2008-09 - - -
2009-10 - - -
2010-11 - - -
2011-12 - - -
2012-13 - - -
2013-14 - - -
2014-15 - - -
2015-16 3,582 14.8 0.19
2016-17 17,837 15.3 0.20
2017-18 15,724 15.8 0.21
2018-19 19,845 16.3 0.22

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

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

3. Includes any non-court disposal within one year of receiving a police disposal, and therefore could include COPFS disposals as well as police disposals.

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

5. ASBFPN=Antisocial Behaviour Fixed Penalty Notices

6. Formal Adult Warnings were replaced and extended by Recorded Police Warnings in January 2016 which cover a wider range of offences. Formal Adult Warnings given after January 2016 were for offences committed before January 2016.

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