Criminal justice social work statistics: 2019 to 2020

National-level information, as well as some local authority breakdowns, on criminal justice social work activity in Scotland. Also includes data on justice social work services and social work orders, as well as characteristics of the individuals involved.


Table 5 Diversion from prosecution cases commenced by age, gender, employment status and ethnicity: 2015-16 to 2019-20

2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20
Number
Total 1,859 2,006 1,725 1,849 1,990
Age group1 16-17 540 414 488 560 650
18-20 267 248 287 289 348
21-25 120 170 136 158 118
26-30 145 178 124 142 110
31-40 264 360 265 293 304
Over 40 523 636 425 407 460
Gender Male 1,075 1,171 1,008 1,193 1,334
Female 784 835 717 656 656
Employment status Full-time education 169 163 187 176 172
Employed/self employed 350 579 413 370 461
Unemployed 677 670 547 763 841
Government training scheme 39 23 11 16 10
Economically inactive2 215 211 133 146 173
Other3 409 360 434 378 333
Ethnicity White 1,397 1,642 1,331 1,538 1,648
Asian 20 23 10 16 20
African, Caribbean or Black 15 15 13 5 12
Mixed 7 3 9 5 8
Other 15 16 16 11 21
Not known/provided 405 307 346 274 281
Percentage
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Age group1 16-17 29.0 20.6 28.3 30.3 32.7
18-20 14.4 12.4 16.6 15.6 17.5
21-25 6.5 8.5 7.9 8.5 5.9
26-30 7.8 8.9 7.2 7.7 5.5
31-40 14.2 17.9 15.4 15.8 15.3
Over 40 28.1 31.7 24.6 22.0 23.1
Gender Male 57.8 58.4 58.4 64.5 67.0
Female 42.2 41.6 41.6 35.5 33.0
Employment status Full-time education 9.1 8.1 10.8 9.5 8.6
Employed/self employed 18.8 28.9 23.9 20.0 23.2
Unemployed 36.4 33.4 31.7 41.3 42.3
Government training scheme 2.1 1.1 0.6 0.9 0.5
Economically inactive2 11.6 10.5 7.7 7.9 8.7
Other3 22.0 17.9 25.2 20.4 16.7
Ethnicity (where known) White 96.1 96.6 96.5 97.7 96.4
Asian 1.4 1.4 0.7 1.0 1.2
African, Caribbean or Black 1.0 0.9 0.9 * 0.7
Mixed * * 0.7 * *
Other 1.0 0.9 1.2 0.7 1.2

1. Age is at commencement of case. Figures may include a small number of under 16s.

2. Includes those who are retired, supported by family, caring for home/family or long-term sick/disabled.

3. Includes cases where the employment status is not known.

Contact

Email: Justice_Analysts@gov.scot

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