Safer Communities and Justice Statistics Monthly Data Report : August 2024 edition
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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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%).](/binaries/content/gallery/publications/statistics/2024/08/safer-communities-justice-statistics-monthly-data-report-august-2024-edition/SCT0824085140-001_g14.png)
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