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Publication - Statistics

Criminal justice social work statistics in Scotland: 2015-2016

Published
21 February 2017
Directorate
Justice Directorate
Part of
Law and order
ISBN
9781786528087

National-level information on criminal justice social work activity in Scotland, including data on criminal justice social work services and social work orders.

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Table 6 Criminal justice social work reports submitted by age, gender, employment status and ethnicity: 2011-12 to 2015-16

  2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16
Number
Total 31,879 28,022 27,774 26,603 26,988
Age group
16-17 1 1,911 1,369 1,173 926 945
18-20 5,056 3,835 3,445 3,140 3,133
21-25 6,426 5,810 5,443 4,996 4,777
26-30 5,113 4,737 4,588 4,390 4,569
31-40 7,332 6,654 6,818 6,768 7,097
Over 40 6,041 5,617 6,307 6,383 6,467
Gender
Males 26,558 23,185 23,006 22,115 22,417
Females 5,321 4,837 4,768 4,488 4,571
Employment status
Full-time education 630 465 442 457 438
Employed/self employed 6,086 5,859 5,944 5,733 6,340
Unemployed 18,141 15,606 14,825 13,865 13,150
Government training scheme 209 138 121 111 126
Economically inactive 2 4,635 3,867 3,754 4,013 4,140
Other 2,178 2,087 2,688 2,424 2,794
Ethnicity
White 28,501 24,900 24,364 23,682 23,211
Asian 360 247 313 275 310
African, Caribbean or Black 172 145 165 154 156
Mixed 113 80 96 70 55
Other 312 327 288 243 287
Not known/provided 2,421 2,323 2,548 2,179 2,969
  Percentage
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Age group
16-17 1 6.0 4.9 4.2 3.5 3.5
18-20 15.9 13.7 12.4 11.8 11.6
21-25 20.2 20.7 19.6 18.8 17.7
26-30 16.0 16.9 16.5 16.5 16.9
31-40 23.0 23.7 24.5 25.4 26.3
Over 40 18.9 20.0 22.7 24.0 24.0
Gender
Males 83.3 82.7 82.8 83.1 83.1
Females 16.7 17.3 17.2 16.9 16.9
Employment status
Full-time education 2.0 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.6
Employed/self employed 19.1 20.9 21.4 21.6 23.5
Unemployed 56.9 55.7 53.4 52.1 48.7
Government training scheme 0.7 * * * *
Economically inactive 2 14.5 13.8 13.5 15.1 15.3
Other 6.8 7.4 9.7 9.1 10.4
Ethnicity (where known)
White 96.8 96.9 96.6 97.0 96.6
Asian 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.3
African, Caribbean or Black 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6
Mixed * * * * *
Other 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.2

Note: Figures exclude supplementary reports.

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

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

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