Scottish Government

Reconviction of Offenders

Title: Reconviction rates for Scotland

Description: Statistical bulletin presenting reconviction rates for offenders released from custody or given non-custodial sentences. These are broken down by age, sex, sentence type, main crime, conviction history and geographical area. Tables can now be downloaded as an Excel workbook via the link below (from 2009).

Frequency: Annual. An interim statistics release between the 2005 and 2007 bulletins was also published in October 2006.

Publications

Data up to	Published	Web Address
2007-08	August 2011	Reconviction Rates in Scotland: 2007-08 and 2008-09 Offender Cohorts
2006-07	August 2010	Reconviction Rates in Scotland: 2006-07 and 2007-08 Offender Cohorts
2005-06	August 2009	Reconviction Rates in Scotland: 2005-06 and 2006-07 Offender Cohorts
2004-05	June 2008	Reconvictions of Offenders in 2004-05 and 2005-06, Scotland
2003-04	October 2007	Reconvictions of Offenders in 2003-04, Scotland
2002-03	October 2006	Reconvictions of Offenders in 2002/03, Scotland
1999	June 2005	Reconvictions of Offenders in 1999, Scotland
1997	March 2003	Reconvictions of Offenders in 1997, Scotland
1995	February 2001	Reconviction of Offenders in 1995, Scotland

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