Reconviction rates in Scotland: 2014-2015 offender cohort

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


Table 1: Reconviction rates and average number of reconvictions per offender: 1997-98 to 2014-15 cohorts

Cohort Number of offenders 1 Reconviction rate 1 Average number of reconvictions per offender 1
1997-98 53,445 31.8 0.62
1998-99 49,145 31.8 0.62
1999-00 44,229 31.3 0.59
2000-01 41,568 31.8 0.60
2001-02 43,650 32.4 0.63
2002-03 44,863 32.9 0.64
2003-04 46,984 32.7 0.62
2004-05 49,371 32.4 0.61
2005-06 50,330 32.5 0.60
2006-07 53,309 32.4 0.60
2007-08 53,053 31.2 0.57
2008-09 49,663 31.5 0.60
2009-10 47,415 30.6 0.56
2010-11 44,704 30.1 0.55
2011-12 43,828 29.6 0.55
2012-13 41,705 28.9 0.53
2013-14 42,191 28.5 0.52
2014-15 43,634 28.2 0.50

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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