Reconviction Rates in Scotland for Offenders Released 2005-2007

One and two year reconviction rates for offenders released from custody or starting a community sentence in 2005-06 and 2006-07. The dataset is produced by the Scottish Government and designated as National Statistics. It was last updated on 2026-07-08.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in recidivism based on offender type mentioned in the description
• Compare one-year and two-year reconviction outcomes for different sentencing cohorts
• Evaluate the impact of community sentences versus custodial releases on reoffending rates

Strengths

• Designated as National Statistics, indicating official quality standards
• Covers two distinct annual cohorts (2005-06 and 2006-07) for comparison

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Scottish Government

Time Range

2005-06 to 2006-07

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:10.121242; freshness should be verified

Geography

Scotland