Reconviction Rates in Scotland: 2011-12 Offender Cohort

This publication provides analyses of trends in reconviction figures up to the latest cohort of 2011-12.


Table 9 Reconviction rates by offender characteristics: 2011-12 cohort

Index disposal in 2011-12 by age Percentage of Male offenders reconvicted Percentage of Female offenders reconvicted
Number of previous convictions1 Number of previous convictions1
None 1 or 2 3 to 10 Over 10 None 1 or 2 3 to 10 Over 10
All 13 21 32 55 9 20 31 56
under 21 23 40 56 72 16 31 45 81
21 to 25 10 22 39 66 9 22 44 63
26 to 30 9 17 33 60 7 22 32 61
over 30 6 12 22 50 5 15 26 52
Discharged from custody 10 20 36 61 ** ** 37 61
under 21 23 34 55 70 ** ** ** 86
21 to 25 9 22 37 67 ** ** 49 69
26 to 30 ** 16 35 60 ** - 37 66
over 30 4 10 26 58 ** ** 31 53
CPO / legacy Community Sentences2 19 28 36 53 10 25 40 61
under 21 33 48 62 71 23 38 56 **
21 to 25 11 28 43 66 10 32 52 76
26 to 30 13 19 33 56 ** 28 45 62
over 30 6 14 23 49 5 17 30 58
Restriction of Liberty Order 29 26 36 61 ** ** 42 77
under 21 33 42 55 ** ** ** ** -
21 to 25 ** ** 36 80 ** ** ** **
26 to 30 ** - 36 60 - - ** **
over 30 - ** ** 51 - ** ** **
Drug Treatment and Testing Order ** ** 54 62 - ** ** 64
under 21 - - ** - - - ** -
21 to 25 - - ** 77 - - ** **
26 to 30 ** ** 65 88 - - ** **
over 30 - - ** 49 - ** ** 67
Monetary 12 19 29 49 8 18 28 56
under 21 20 37 50 88 15 23 52 **
21 to 25 10 20 38 62 10 17 37 54
26 to 30 8 16 32 60 ** 22 29 65
over 30 7 12 21 44 5 17 24 53
Other3 11 16 28 51 9 17 25 47
under 21 17 36 56 58 14 34 ** **
21 to 25 9 19 34 68 7 18 42 52
26 to 30 9 17 28 57 11 18 23 53
over 30 6 8 19 47 7 11 21 43

1. Convictions since the start of 1989. Caution should be exercised when comparing this table with similar tables in previous publications. There will be fewer previous convictions in earlier cohorts because convictions didn't start to be recorded in the SOI until 1989.
2. Community Sentence refers to Community Service Orders, Probation Orders and Community Payback Orders (CPOs). CPOs were introduced by the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 and came into effect from 1 February 2011. The CPO replaces provisions for Community Service Orders, Probation Orders and Supervised Attendance Orders.
3. Includes Supervised Attendance Orders.

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