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Reconviction rates in Scotland: 2016-2017 offender cohort

This publication provides analyses of trends in reconviction statistics up to the latest cohort of 2016 to 2017.

Index year	Number of offenders			Average number of reconvictions for a domestic abuse crime or offence per offender¹			Average number of reconvictions for any crime or offence per offender
Index year	DA index¹	Non-DA index	All index	DA index¹	Non-DA index	All index	DA index¹	Non-DA index	All index
2009-10	6,466	40,950	47,416	0.09	0.03	0.04	0.28	0.60	0.56
2010-11	6,061	38,646	44,707	0.08	0.03	0.04	0.28	0.60	0.55
2011-12	6,142	37,677	43,819	0.10	0.03	0.04	0.31	0.59	0.55
2012-13	6,227	35,468	41,695	0.11	0.04	0.05	0.32	0.56	0.53
2013-14	7,439	34,738	42,177	0.11	0.04	0.06	0.30	0.57	0.52
2014-15	8,448	35,166	43,614	0.11	0.04	0.06	0.30	0.55	0.51
2015-16	8,399	35,652	44,051	0.10	0.04	0.05	0.27	0.53	0.48
2016-17	7,418	33,188	40,606	0.11	0.04	0.05	0.28	0.52	0.48

DA = domestic abuse

1. Domestic abuse crimes and offences are those marked with a domestic abuse identifier.

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