Reconvictions of Offenders Discharged from Custody or given Non-Custodial Sentences in 2004-05 and 2005-06, Scotland

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Table 4: Persons released from a custodial sentence or given a non-custodial sentence in 2004-05
Percentage reconvicted within 2 years for selected crimes, by index crime, in 2004-05

Index crime 2004-05

Total number (=100%)

Percentage with a reconviction within 2 years for:

Any crime

Same crime category

Violent crime

Sexual crime

Prostitution

House breaking

Dishonesty (1)

Criminal damage

Drug offences

Breach of the peace

Serious violent crime (2)

Serious crime (2)

All offenders

49,267

45

21

21

*

*

4

16

6

10

22

3

7

Violent Crime

Serious assault and homicide

1,250

35

4

20

*

*

2

8

5

6

18

5

7

Robbery

554

62

7

31

*

1

8

29

8

15

25

12

18

Simple Assault

10,626

37

17

23

*

*

2

7

6

6

21

3

5

Other Violence

248

38

3

20

*

*

3

13

5

6

18

4

5

Crimes of indecency

Sexual Assault

141

13

*

11

*

*

*

2

2

3

5

1

1

Other indecency

395

19

4

6

4

*

1

5

2

3

8

1

3

Prostitution

94

84

69

18

3

69

2

24

3

20

27

2

3

Crimes of dishonesty

Housebreaking

1,221

68

29

24

*

*

29

43

9

16

23

6

20

Theft OLP

625

63

16

23

*

*

14

40

10

16

22

5

15

Theft of motor vehicle

642

60

16

28

1

*

10

32

13

12

24

6

14

Shoplifting

3,830

69

46

23

*

1

7

53

6

18

23

4

9

Other Theft

2,067

53

17

19

*

*

7

34

6

11

19

4

9

Fraud

1,066

29

6

9

*

*

2

16

3

7

9

1

4

Other Dishonesty

1,197

45

9

18

*

*

8

26

5

13

16

3

10

Criminal damage

Fireraising

145

39

2

20

*

1

5

10

13

6

20

4

6

Malicious & reckless conduct

3,499

45

12

24

*

*

3

11

12

7

26

3

6

Other

Handling offensive weapons

2,473

48

11

23

*

*

3

13

5

13

24

5

9

Crimes against public justice

1,211

42

13

17

1

*

3

15

4

11

16

3

7

Drugs

5,774

43

21

14

*

*

2

12

4

21

15

2

6

Breach of peace

12,188

44

29

24

*

*

2

9

6

7

29

3

5

Other crime

21

24

*

19

*

*

5

5

5

*

14

5

5

1. Excluding housebreaking.
2. See Annex - Data Definitions for more information
3. See Section 6.5.11 for definitions of the notation used in this table.

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