Reconviction rates in Scotland: 2014-2015 offender cohort

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


Table 12: Two year reconviction rates and two year average number of reconvictions per offender: 1997-98 to 2013-14 cohorts

Cohort Number of offenders Reconviction rate Average number of reconvictions
1997-98 53,445 42.6 1.10
1998-99 49,145 42.5 1.08
1999-00 44,229 42.9 1.08
2000-01 41,568 43.8 1.13
2001-02 43,650 44.2 1.16
2002-03 44,863 45.3 1.18
2003-04 46,984 44.7 1.15
2004-05 49,371 44.5 1.13
2005-06 50,330 44.8 1.13
2006-07 53,309 44.1 1.09
2007-08 53,053 42.5 1.06
2008-09 49,663 42.4 1.08
2009-10 47,415 41.5 1.03
2010-11 44,704 41.1 1.02
2011-12 43,828 40.8 1.00
2012-13 41,705 40.6 0.99
2013-14 42,191 39.9 0.96

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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