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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.

Age	Number of Individuals	Repeat non-court disposal rate³	Average number of repeat non-court disposals per individual
Under 21
2008-09	27,484	32.2	0.53
2009-10	28,260	30.2	0.50
2010-11	24,414	29.0	0.47
2011-12	24,017	29.0	0.48
2012-13	25,117	28.9	0.48
2013-14	22,970	27.8	0.46
2014-15	18,894	25.3	0.40
2015-16	17,671	22.7	0.35
2016-17	14,871	22.1	0.33
21 to 25
2008-09	19,774	24.6	0.36
2009-10	21,701	23.8	0.36
2010-11	20,407	22.9	0.35
2011-12	20,524	24.6	0.38
2012-13	23,164	25.1	0.38
2013-14	22,651	22.0	0.33
2014-15	16,963	20.4	0.31
2015-16	14,720	18.4	0.26
2016-17	11,250	16.7	0.21
26 to 30
2008-09	14,001	20.8	0.31
2009-10	15,396	20.2	0.30
2010-11	15,098	20.4	0.31
2011-12	16,514	22.1	0.34
2012-13	19,198	22.7	0.36
2013-14	18,561	19.9	0.31
2014-15	14,457	19.0	0.29
2015-16	13,338	17.2	0.24
2016-17	10,157	15.6	0.20
31 to 40
2008-09	19,415	18.3	0.28
2009-10	20,256	18.1	0.29
2010-11	20,015	19.5	0.33
2011-12	22,143	21.3	0.36
2012-13	26,515	21.5	0.36
2013-14	26,173	19.0	0.33
2014-15	20,560	19.0	0.32
2015-16	19,653	16.6	0.25
2016-17	15,835	16.1	0.23
Over 40
2008-09	19,894	14.1	0.23
2009-10	21,728	13.9	0.23
2010-11	22,435	13.7	0.23
2011-12	25,071	15.8	0.27
2012-13	32,327	16.2	0.27
2013-14	31,992	14.0	0.24
2014-15	25,246	14.0	0.24
2015-16	25,405	12.9	0.20
2016-17	20,657	12.9	0.19

1. The non-court disposals dataset is independent of the dataset on court convictions.

2. Includes police and COPFS disposals.

3. There were a small number of individuals (no more than 12 per cohort) between 2013-14

and 2015-16 where age could not be determined. These offenders are not included here.

4. The percentage of individuals receiving a non-court disposal within a year of receiving a non-court disposal.

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