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Reconviction rates - offender cohort: 2017 to 2018

Analyses of trends in reconviction statistics up to the latest cohort of 2017 to 2018.

Table 14: Two year reconviction rates and two year average number of reconvictions per offender: 1997-98 to 2016-17 cohorts¹

Cohort	Number of offenders	Reconviction rate	Average number of reconvictions per offender
1997-98	53,460	42.6	1.10
1998-99	49,145	42.5	1.08
1999-00	44,245	42.9	1.08
2000-01	41,561	43.8	1.13
2001-02	43,647	44.2	1.16
2002-03	44,848	45.2	1.18
2003-04	47,003	44.6	1.15
2004-05	49,353	44.5	1.13
2005-06	50,344	44.8	1.13
2006-07	53,305	44.1	1.09
2007-08	53,044	42.5	1.06
2008-09	49,665	42.4	1.08
2009-10	47,416	41.5	1.03
2010-11	44,707	41.1	1.02
2011-12	43,819	40.7	1.00
2012-13	41,696	40.6	0.99
2013-14	42,177	40.0	0.97
2014-15	43,614	39.0	0.92
2015-16	44,050	37.4	0.87
2016-17	40,607	37.2	0.86

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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