Reconviction Rates in Scotland: 2012-13 Offender Cohort

This publication provides analyses of trends in reconviction figures up to the latest cohort of 2012-13.


Table 2: Reconviction rates and average number of reconvictions per offender, by gender

Gender Number of offenders Reconviction rate Average number of reconvictions per offender
Males
1997-98 45,705 32.9 0.63
1998-99 41,841 32.9 0.64
1999-00 37,564 32.2 0.61
2000-01 35,271 32.7 0.62
2001-02 36,966 33.4 0.65
2002-03 37,780 33.9 0.66
2003-04 39,511 33.7 0.64
2004-05 41,523 33.2 0.63
2005-06 42,203 33.7 0.62
2006-07 44,757 33.4 0.62
2007-08 44,380 32.2 0.59
2008-09 41,425 32.5 0.61
2009-10 39,400 31.7 0.58
2010-11 36,992 31.5 0.57
2011-12 36,435 30.7 0.56
2012-13 34,668 29.6 0.53
Females
1997-98 7,739 25.4 0.51
1998-99 7,304 25.8 0.52
1999-00 6,665 25.7 0.49
2000-01 6,297 26.4 0.48
2001-02 6,685 26.8 0.51
2002-03 7,081 27.3 0.52
2003-04 7,473 27.2 0.53
2004-05 7,845 27.9 0.52
2005-06 8,121 26.2 0.48
2006-07 8,543 27.1 0.49
2007-08 8,662 26.4 0.48
2008-09 8,227 26.5 0.53
2009-10 8,014 25.0 0.47
2010-11 7,719 23.9 0.45
2011-12 7,393 24.0 0.46
2012-13 7,042 23.3 0.43

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