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Publication - Statistics

Safer Communities and Justice Statistics Monthly Data Report : August 2024 edition

Published
29 August 2024
From
Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs, +4 more … Chief Statistician, Director of Justice, Lord Advocate, Minister for Victims and Community Safety
Directorate
Safer Communities Directorate, +2 more … Children and Families Directorate, Justice Directorate
Topic
Communities and third sector, Law and order, Public safety and emergencies
ISBN
9781836016823

This report contains summary statistics covering a number of important justice and safer communities areas. It is published with up to date statistics every month.

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Topic Page

Reconviction Rates in Scotland: 2020-21 Offender Cohort

Infographic summarising high level statistics from the Reconvictions bulletin for the 2020-21 cohort. Top left: Time series graph of the average number of reconvictions for each of the past 10 years, showing a decreasing trend even before the pandemic, down to 0.44 for the latest year. Bottom left: column chart showing crimes of dishonesty have the highest average number of reconvictions in 2020-21 at 0.78, and sexual crimes have the lowest at 0.11. 66% of offenders have had at least one previous conviction in the last 10 years, with 13% having over 10. Top right: Picture showing the reconviction rate for the 2020-21 cohort is 26.9%. Bottom right: Column chart showing men have higher reconviction rates than women (27.5% compared to 23.5%).

Contact

Email: justice_analysts@gov.scot

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