Section 8 - Statistical Information
(Reporting period 1 st April 2007 to 31 st March 2008)
8. (i) The number of Registered Sex Offenders living in Lothian and Borders area on 31 March 2008
Lothian and Borders CJA - 596
The number of Registered Sex Offenders per 100,000 of Population on 31 March 2008. Source: General Register Office for Scotland (2006 Population Estimate)
Lothian and Borders CJA - 65
The number of Registered Sex Offenders within Lothian and Borders who were wanted on warrant or missing on 31 st March, 2008.
Wanted on Warrant - 5
Missing - 2
8. (ii) The number of sex offenders having a registration requirement between 1st April 2007 - 31 March 2008
Complied with registration requirements were - 606
Were reported for breaches of the requirements to register - 31
8. (iii) Sexual Offences Prevention Orders between 1 April 2007 - 31 March 2008
Area | Applied For | Interim Granted | Full Order |
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Lothian and Borders CJA | 15 | 7 | 5 |
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Total Number of Sexual Offences Prevention Orders Managed at 31 March 2008
Area | Interim Order | Full Order | Pending |
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Lothian and Borders CJA | 2 | 24 | 5 |
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There was no Risk of Sexual Harm Orders applied for or granted during this period.
8. (iv) No Foreign Travel Orders applied for during this period.
8. (v) The number of Notification Orders applied for and imposed by the Courts between 1 st April and 31 st March was one in total.
8. (vi) Number of offenders in each of the three levels which have been managed between 1 st April and 31 st March
Level 1 - single agency management | 431 |
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Level 2 - multi-agency management | 198 |
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Level 3 - MAPPP | 8 |
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8. (vii)
Age
Age Range | % of RSOs | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 |
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Under 18 | 0.7% | 14% | 86% | 0% |
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18-24 | 8.7% | 74% | 26% | 0% |
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25-35 | 19.7% | 75% | 24.5% | 0.5% |
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36-55 | 45.7% | 77% | 21.6% | 1.4% |
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56+ | 25.2% | 81.6% | 17.9% | 0.5% |
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Gender
There are 4 women registered as RSOs in the Lothian and Borders area and all are managed at Level 1.
Ethnicity
Research of ViSOR records that 73% of RSOs in Lothian and Borders Area describe themselves as White British.
Sentence for Index Offence
Research of ViSOR relative to the sentence for the index offence of all RSOs provides that approximately 56% had received a custodial sentence while the remainder received a mixture of probation and fines.
Statutory Supervision
Of the cases managed in the community between 1 st April and 31 st March the following were subject of statutory supervision.
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 |
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128 | 112 | 6 |
Age of Victim
Research of ViSOR relative to the age of victim on all RSOs managed in Lothian and Borders provides the following. However, the results cannot highlight where there were multiple victims, Breach of the Peace or Possession of Indecent images of children where no age was recorded. Some Public Indecency offences do not have an age recorded. Therefore in 45% of cases the age of the victim is not recorded on VISOR.
Age Range | % of Victims |
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Under 16 | 41% |
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17-30 | 8% |
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31-50 | 5% |
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51+ | 1% |
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8. (viii) Of the cases managed at Level 2 or 3 between the 1 st April and 31 st March
- Were convicted of a further serious or violent offence
- 4
- Were returned to custody for a breach of licence (including above) 18
- Were returned to custody for a breach of SOPO. FTO or RSHO
- 3
- Breached their licence but were not returned to custody
- 7
- Breached their conditions of hospital discharge and recalled to hospital
- 0
- Were subject to formal disclosure
- 1