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 7 Criminal justice social work reports submitted by age, gender, employment status and ethnicity: 2015-16 to 2019-20

2015-16 2016-174 2017-184 2018-19 2019-20
Number
Total 26,988 27,061 25,712 24,515 25,697
Age group 16-171 945 938 863 740 584
18-20 3,133 2,920 2,498 2,418 2,237
21-25 4,777 4,789 4,297 3,975 3,926
26-30 4,569 4,499 4,365 4,145 4,417
31-40 7,097 7,280 7,244 7,187 7,906
Over 40 6,467 6,635 6,445 6,050 6,627
Gender Males2 22,417 22,565 21,418 20,629 21,652
Females 4,571 4,496 4,294 3,886 4,045
Employment status Full-time education 438 490 394 475 457
Employed/self employed 6,340 6,000 5,428 5,341 5,752
Unemployed 13,150 13,568 13,407 12,243 13,592
Government training scheme 126 129 129 96 103
Economically inactive3 4,140 4,006 3,494 3,633 3,881
Other 2,794 2,868 2,860 2,727 1,912
Ethnicity White 23,211 23,767 22,462 21,224 22,986
Asian 310 312 285 326 383
African, Caribbean or Black 156 182 173 188 197
Mixed 55 71 63 64 77
Other 287 304 266 304 270
Not known/provided 2,969 2,425 2,463 2,409 1,784
Percentage
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Age group 16-171 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.0 2.3
18-20 11.6 10.8 9.7 9.9 8.7
21-25 17.7 17.7 16.7 16.2 15.3
26-30 16.9 16.6 17.0 16.9 17.2
31-40 26.3 26.9 28.2 29.3 30.8
Over 40 24.0 24.5 25.1 24.7 25.8
Gender Males2 83.1 83.4 83.3 84.1 84.3
Females 16.9 16.6 16.7 15.9 15.7
Employment status Full-time education 1.6 1.8 1.5 1.9 1.8
Employed/self employed 23.5 22.2 21.1 21.8 22.4
Unemployed 48.7 50.1 52.1 49.9 52.9
Government training scheme * * 0.5 * *
Economically inactive3 15.3 14.8 13.6 14.8 15.1
Other 10.4 10.6 11.1 11.1 7.4
Ethnicity White 96.6 96.5 96.6 96.0 96.1
Asian 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.5 1.6
African, Caribbean or Black 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.8
Mixed * * * * *
Other 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.4 1.1

Note: Figures exclude supplementary reports.

1. May include a small number of under 16s.

2. The figure for males for 2016-17 includes two reports for people whose gender was described as "indeterminate" and "other specific". In addition, the figure for 2017-18 includes one report for "other specific" and the figure for 2018-19 includes one report for "non-binary" gender.

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

4. Figures for 2016-17 and 2017-18 have been amended due to the provision of revised figures for Highland.

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