Reconviction Rates in Scotland: 2010-11 Offender Cohort

Analysis of one year reconviction rates for the cohort of offenders released from a custodial sentence or receiving a non-custodial disposal in 2010-11


Table 4: One year reconviction frequency rates and one year reconviction rates, males by age

Age: under 21 Number of offenders Reconviction rate2 Reconviction frequency rate2
1997-98 12,082 44.1 97.5
1998-99 11,287 43.9 95.6
1999-00 10,202 42.6 90.2
2000-01 9,600 42.6 89.3
2001-02 9,786 42.7 92.2
2002-03 9,621 42.9 91.7
2003-04 9,810 42.2 84.1
2004-05 10,160 41.0 82.6
2005-06 10,488 43.3 84.4
2006-07 10,992 42.3 81.8
2007-08 10,679 39.7 75.1
2008-09 9,230 39.6 75.5
2009-10 7,981 38.4 70.3
2010-11 6,991 35.9 62.0
Age: 21 to 25
1997-98 10,560 34.8 62.4
1998-99 9,215 35.0 65.8
1999-00 8,041 35.1 65.1
2000-01 7,695 36.0 67.5
2001-02 8,093 37.2 72.2
2002-03 8,446 37.8 75.0
2003-04 8,786 37.0 72.3
2004-05 8,943 36.7 70.8
2005-06 9,002 35.9 68.0
2006-07 9,584 35.9 66.4
2007-08 9,427 34.9 62.9
2008-09 8,553 35.1 65.1
2009-10 8,318 34.6 61.8
2010-11 7,507 31.8 54.7
Age: 26 to 30
1997-98 8,147 30.7 54.0
1998-99 7,350 30.8 55.0
1999-00 6,308 31.8 55.1
2000-01 5,818 31.8 57.3
2001-02 6,010 34.2 63.7
2002-03 5,972 35.4 66.1
2003-04 5,995 36.6 67.6
2004-05 6,259 34.8 66.6
2005-06 6,231 35.5 65.3
2006-07 6,641 35.2 66.5
2007-08 6,837 34.2 64.0
2008-09 6,569 35.4 69.2
2009-10 6,499 33.1 62.3
2010-11 6,099 32.5 60.7
Age: over 30
1997-98 14,919 23.5 41.1
1998-99 13,989 23.6 40.7
1999-00 13,020 22.5 37.4
2000-01 12,156 23.2 38.5
2001-02 13,079 23.7 40.4
2002-03 13,741 24.5 42.6
2003-04 14,922 25.0 43.6
2004-05 16,158 25.8 44.0
2005-06 16,479 25.6 43.8
2006-07 17,537 25.8 44.6
2007-08 17,440 25.3 45.0
2008-09 17,073 26.2 48.3
2009-10 16,601 26.1 47.1
2010-11 15,861 24.6 43.2

1. The number of offenders that are reconvicted, and the number of reconvictions, are omitted from the bulletin for clarity. They are included in the additional datasets which accompany this bulletin.

2. The definition of reconviction frequency rate and reconviction rate is described in section 12.2.1

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