The body’s annual report reveals referrals dropped to 47,178 in 2008/09, compared with 50,314 the previous year.
Numbers of children referred for offences fell by 18.6 per cent, while those referred on care and protection grounds dropped by 2.7 per cent.
Despite these falls the organisation said those referred often live more chaotic lives than in previous years.
The decrease is seen partly as the result of partner agencies working together to implement new measures.
These include pre-referral screening processes, aimed at making sure only children who may be in need of compulsory measures of intervention are referred to the Reporter in line with the purpose of Scotland’s Children’s Hearings System.
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