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Reconviction rates in Scotland: 2013-2014 offender cohort

Scottish Government publication providing analysis of trends in reconviction figures up to the latest cohort of 2013 to 2014.

Table 12: Two year reconviction rates and two year average number of reconvictions per offender: 1997-98 to 2012-13 cohorts

Cohort	Number of offenders ¹	Reconviction rate ¹	Average number of reconvictions per offender ¹
1997-98	53,444	42.6	1.10
1998-99	49,145	42.5	1.08
1999-00	44,231	42.9	1.08
2000-01	41,569	43.8	1.13
2001-02	43,648	44.2	1.16
2002-03	44,860	45.3	1.18
2003-04	46,985	44.7	1.15
2004-05	49,372	44.5	1.13
2005-06	50,327	44.8	1.13
2006-07	53,310	44.1	1.09
2007-08	53,054	42.5	1.06
2008-09	49,661	42.4	1.08
2009-10	47,417	41.5	1.03
2010-11	44,705	41.1	1.02
2011-12	43,833	40.8	0.99
2012-13	41,715	40.5	0.98

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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