Reconviction Rates in Scotland: 2012-13 Offender Cohort

This publication provides analyses of trends in reconviction figures up to the latest cohort of 2012-13.

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Table 3: Reconviction rates and average number of reconvictions per offender, by age

Age Number of offenders1 Reconviction rate Average number of reconvictions per offender
Under 21
1997-98 13,790 42.4 0.93
1998-99 12,984 42.1 0.92
1999-00 11,784 41.0 0.87
2000-01 11,005 41.5 0.87
2001-02 11,232 41.2 0.89
2002-03 11,059 41.3 0.89
2003-04 11,315 40.6 0.82
2004-05 11,647 39.4 0.79
2005-06 12,113 41.4 0.80
2006-07 12,687 40.6 0.78
2007-08 12,402 38.2 0.72
2008-09 10,754 37.9 0.72
2009-10 9,323 36.8 0.68
2010-11 8,243 36.0 0.66
2011-12 7,432 34.9 0.63
2012-13 6,089 33.0 0.57
21 to 25
1997-98 12,183 34.1 0.63
1998-99 10,762 34.4 0.66
1999-00 9,455 34.5 0.64
2000-01 8,993 35.5 0.66
2001-02 9,477 36.5 0.71
2002-03 9,926 37.1 0.74
2003-04 10,338 36.4 0.72
2004-05 10,592 36.5 0.71
2005-06 10,584 35.2 0.68
2006-07 11,239 35.2 0.66
2007-08 11,137 34.3 0.63
2008-09 10,105 34.2 0.65
2009-10 9,807 33.7 0.61
2010-11 9,002 32.9 0.59
2011-12 8,886 31.1 0.55
2012-13 8,401 30.7 0.52
26 to 30
1997-98 9,595 30.3 0.54
1998-99 8,675 30.4 0.54
1999-00 7,453 31.5 0.55
2000-01 6,942 31.2 0.56
2001-02 7,168 33.3 0.62
2002-03 7,129 34.5 0.64
2003-04 7,258 35.6 0.66
2004-05 7,527 34.5 0.66
2005-06 7,588 34.8 0.64
2006-07 8,009 34.7 0.65
2007-08 8,249 33.6 0.63
2008-09 7,987 34.9 0.68
2009-10 7,895 32.9 0.62
2010-11 7,484 33.6 0.65
2011-12 7,434 32.8 0.64
2012-13 7,415 31.0 0.57
31 to 40
1997-98 11,462 25.2 0.43
1998-99 10,816 25.4 0.44
1999-00 10,063 24.6 0.40
2000-01 9,440 24.9 0.41
2001-02 10,138 26.3 0.44
2002-03 10,576 27.4 0.48
2003-04 11,291 28.5 0.50
2004-05 12,071 28.9 0.50
2005-06 11,955 28.5 0.49
2006-07 12,640 29.0 0.50
2007-08 12,197 28.6 0.51
2008-09 11,635 30.2 0.57
2009-10 11,219 30.3 0.55
2010-11 10,840 29.9 0.55
2011-12 10,804 30.6 0.59
2012-13 10,577 29.8 0.56
Over 40
1997-98 6,408 18.7 0.34
1998-99 5,900 18.3 0.31
1999-00 5,464 16.8 0.29
2000-01 5,181 17.8 0.29
2001-02 5,633 17.5 0.30
2002-03 6,170 18.4 0.31
2003-04 6,780 17.4 0.30
2004-05 7,529 19.2 0.32
2005-06 8,083 19.1 0.31
2006-07 8,725 19.6 0.33
2007-08 9,057 19.5 0.33
2008-09 9,171 19.8 0.35
2009-10 9,170 19.2 0.35
2010-11 9,141 19.7 0.34
2011-12 9,272 20.1 0.36
2012-13 9,228 20.4 0.36

1. There were a small number of offenders (3 per cohort on average) where their age could not be determined. These offenders aren't included in this table.

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