Reconviction rates in Scotland: 2014-2015 offender cohort

Analysis of trends in reconviction statistics up to the latest cohort of 2014 to 2015.


Table 11: Reconviction rates and average number of reconvictions per offender, by Local Authority group: 2014-15 cohort

Local Authority group 1 Number of offenders Reconviction rate Average number of reconvictions
Scotland total 43,634 28.2 0.50
Clackmannanshire 428 29.4 0.54
Falkirk 1,351 26.2 0.48
Fife 2,802 28.6 0.49
Stirling 599 29.2 0.49
Glasgow City 2,3 8,326 29.8 0.54
North and South Lanarkshire 4 4,900 28.7 0.52
East Lothian 514 23.5 0.36
Edinburgh and Midlothian 5 4,704 28.3 0.53
Scottish Borders 603 25.7 0.44
West Lothian 1,265 26.9 0.41
Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire 6 3,415 27.1 0.50
Na h-Eileanan Siar 1,416 24.1 0.38
Highland 599 24.9 0.39
Moray 100 19.0 0.33
Orkney Islands 87 16.1 0.20
Shetland Islands 130 18.5 0.33
Argyll & Bute 439 23.5 0.35
East and West Dunbartonshire 7,8 1,125 30.0 0.53
East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire 9 1,471 28.6 0.49
Inverclyde 782 32.0 0.55
Dumfries & Galloway 1,286 27.1 0.48
East, North, and South Ayrshire 10 3,552 30.7 0.54
Angus 791 26.4 0.46
Dundee City 1,857 29.5 0.49
Perth & Kinross 1,092 21.5 0.34

1. Approximate areas are based on where the courts of the offenders' index convictions are located, including high courts. Some sheriff court boundaries include more than one Local Authority area, so they are grouped together so that there are 25 groups of Local Authorities rather than all 32 being displayed separately. See relevant footnotes below.

2. Glasgow Sheriff Court also serves parts of East Dunbartonshire, and North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire. However, since this analysis is based on approximation of court areas, numbers for Glasgow Sheriff Court are only included within the Glasgow Local Authority area.

3. Includes the Stipendiary Magistrates court.

4. North and South Lanarkshire (Airdrie, Hamilton and Lanark Sheriff Courts). Some parts of North and South Lanarkshire are also covered by Glasgow Sheriff Court, but the figures for Glasgow Sheriff Court are only included within the Glasgow Local Authority area.

5. City of Edinburgh and Midlothian (Edinburgh Sheriff Court).

6. Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire (Aberdeen, Banff, Stonehaven and Peterhead Sheriff Courts).

7. Parts of East Dunbartonshire are also served by Glasgow Sheriff Court, but the figures for Glasgow Sheriff Court are only included within the Glasgow Local Authority area.

8. East and West Dunbartonshire (Dumbarton Sheriff Court).

9. Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire (Paisley Sheriff Court).

10. East, North, and South Ayrshire (Kilmarnock and Ayr Sheriff Courts).

Contact

Email: Mariken Schipper

Phone: 0300 244 4000 – Central Enquiry Unit

The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

Back to top