Reconviction rates in Scotland: 2013-2014 offender cohort

Scottish Government publication providing analysis of trends in reconviction figures up to the latest cohort of 2013 to 2014.


Table 12: Two year reconviction rates and two year average number of reconvictions per offender: 1997-98 to 2012-13 cohorts

Cohort Number of offenders 1 Reconviction rate 1 Average number of reconvictions per offender 1
1997-98 53,444 42.6 1.10
1998-99 49,145 42.5 1.08
1999-00 44,231 42.9 1.08
2000-01 41,569 43.8 1.13
2001-02 43,648 44.2 1.16
2002-03 44,860 45.3 1.18
2003-04 46,985 44.7 1.15
2004-05 49,372 44.5 1.13
2005-06 50,327 44.8 1.13
2006-07 53,310 44.1 1.09
2007-08 53,054 42.5 1.06
2008-09 49,661 42.4 1.08
2009-10 47,417 41.5 1.03
2010-11 44,705 41.1 1.02
2011-12 43,833 40.8 0.99
2012-13 41,715 40.5 0.98

1. Figures for previous cohorts may differ from previously published figures as updated information is fed into the Scottish Offenders Index.

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