Criminal justice social work statistics: 2020 - 2021

Mainly national-level information on criminal justice social work activity in Scotland in the first full year affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Includes data on justice social work services and social work orders, as well as characteristics of the individuals involved.


Table 5 Criminal justice social work reports submitted by age, gender, employment status and ethnicity: 2016-17 to 2020-21

2016-174 2017-184 2018-194 2019-204 2020-21
Number
Total 27,191 25,795 24,585 25,802 15,104
Age group
16-171 940 864 742 589 307
18-20 2,943 2,504 2,429 2,243 1,156
21-25 4,809 4,311 3,988 3,947 2,223
26-30 4,516 4,378 4,157 4,436 2,604
31-40 7,330 7,274 7,208 7,941 4,814
Over 40 6,653 6,464 6,061 6,646 4,000
Gender
Males2 22,676 21,477 20,687 21,738 12,804
Females 4,515 4,318 3,898 4,064 2,300
Employment status
Full-time education 491 394 471 458 273
Employed/self employed 6,025 5,440 5,327 5,767 3,008
Unemployed 13,647 13,455 12,250 13,650 8,474
Government training scheme 129 129 96 103 48
Economically inactive3 4,009 3,496 3,636 3,883 2,158
Other 2,890 2,881 2,805 1,941 1,143
Ethnicity
White 23,924 22,586 21,328 23,101 13,223
Asian 314 286 326 384 202
African, Caribbean or Black 186 175 193 200 92
Mixed 70 63 64 78 45
Other 303 267 305 270 212
Not known/provided 2,394 2,418 2,369 1,769 1,330
Percentage
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Age group
16-171 3.5 3.3 3.0 2.3 2.0
18-20 10.8 9.7 9.9 8.7 7.7
21-25 17.7 16.7 16.2 15.3 14.7
26-30 16.6 17.0 16.9 17.2 17.2
31-40 27.0 28.2 29.3 30.8 31.9
Over 40 24.5 25.1 24.7 25.8 26.5
Gender
Males2 83.4 83.3 84.1 84.2 84.8
Females 16.6 16.7 15.9 15.8 15.2
Employment status
Full-time education 1.8 1.5 1.9 1.8 1.8
Employed/self employed 22.2 21.1 21.7 22.4 19.9
Unemployed 50.2 52.2 49.8 52.9 56.1
Government training scheme * 0.5 * * *
Economically inactive3 14.7 13.6 14.8 15.0 14.3
Other 10.6 11.2 11.4 7.5 7.6
Ethnicity
White 96.5 96.6 96.0 96.1 96.0
Asian 1.3 1.2 1.5 1.6 1.5
African, Caribbean or Black 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.7
Mixed * * * * *
Other 1.2 1.1 1.4 1.1 1.5

Note:

Figures exclude supplementary reports.

1. May include a small number of under 16s.

2. The figure for males for 2016-17 includes two reports for people whose gender was described as "indeterminate" and "other specific". In addition, the figure for 2017-18 includes one report for "other specific" and the figure for 2018-19 includes one report for "non-binary" gender.

3. Includes those who are retired, supported by family, caring for home/family or long-term sick/disabled.

4. Figures for 2016-17 to 2019-20 have been amended due to the provision of revised figures for Aberdeen City.

Contact

Email: Justice_Analysts@gov.scot

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