Statistical bulletin - Crime and Justice series: Prison statistics Scotland 2010-11

This bulletin shows data up to 2010-11 on Scottish prison population level and characteristics, receptions to/liberations from Scottish prisons, and international comparisons.


Average daily population of sentenced offenders by length of sentence:
2001-02 to 2010-11 Table 3

2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 % change over past year
Total 5,184 5,245 5,367 5,552 5,605 5,614 5,814 6,146 6,440 6,378 -1
Fine default 54 56 55 51 47 46 28 11 9 9 1
Less than 3 months 83 88 68 81 101 124 116 98 89 78 -12
3 months - less than 6 months 440 433 403 451 442 444 426 402 350 347 -1
6 months - less than 2 years 1,187 1,175 1,163 1,161 1,214 1,159 1,226 1,567 1,767 1,682 -5
2 years - less than 4 years 780 814 857 884 913 959 1,058 1,099 1,211 1,183 -2
4 years or over (excluding life) 1,802 1,837 1,931 1,956 1,840 1,700 1,652 1,641 1,629 1,595 -2
Life/Section 205/206 sentences 605 600 591 613 651 667 697 727 764 801 5
Persons recalled from supervision/licence 196 236 293 351 397 515 611 600 622 682 10
Others 36 6 7 5 1 * * - - - -
Young offenders 611 579 552 558 624 644 684 686 719 603 -16
Fine default 7 7 6 5 5 4 2 1 1 1 -
Less than 3 months 13 13 9 9 14 13 13 11 8 6 -26
3 months - less than 6 months 77 63 51 55 57 58 59 50 45 37 -18
6 months - less than 2 years 243 231 216 212 241 241 243 267 307 242 -21
2 years - less than 4 years 112 112 111 118 142 136 175 165 182 164 -10
4 years or over (excluding life) 125 131 132 130 127 143 136 134 126 103 -18
Life/Section 205/206 sentences 24 19 19 19 26 30 31 30 22 23 9
Persons recalled from supervision/licence 6 3 7 8 11 19 25 28 28 26 -4
Others 3 * 1 1 * - - - - - -
Adults 4,573 4,665 4,816 4,993 4,981 4,970 5,130 5,460 5,722 5,774 1
Fine default 46 49 49 46 43 41 26 10 8 8 -
Less than 3 months 70 76 59 71 87 111 102 87 81 72 -11
3 months - less than 6 months 363 370 353 395 386 386 367 352 305 310 2
6 months - less than 2 years 944 944 947 949 972 918 983 1,300 1,460 1,440 -1
2 years - less than 4 years 669 702 746 766 771 823 883 935 1,029 1,019 -1
4 years or over (excluding life) 1,677 1,707 1,798 1,826 1,712 1,557 1,516 1,507 1,503 1,491 -1
Life/Section 205/206 sentences 581 580 572 593 624 638 665 697 742 777 5
Persons recalled from supervision/licence 190 233 286 343 385 496 586 572 594 656 10
Others 33 5 6 4 1 * * - - - -
Men 4,989 5,045 5,142 5,305 5,355 5,362 5,560 5,868 6,121 6,049 -1
Fine default 50 51 50 47 43 43 26 10 8 9 5
Less than 3 months 78 83 62 75 94 116 108 91 83 73 -11
3 months - less than 6 months 416 407 378 421 415 419 402 375 324 319 -1
6 months - less than 2 years 1,119 1,118 1,084 1,075 1,120 1,070 1,133 1,464 1,643 1,554 -5
2 years - less than 4 years 740 766 817 831 862 904 1,002 1,035 1,128 1,114 -1
4 years or over (excluding life) 1,763 1,792 1,877 1,904 1,790 1,650 1,605 1,593 1,580 1,537 -3
Life/Section 205/206 sentences 595 587 574 596 634 650 679 708 740 774 5
Persons recalled from supervision/licence 194 235 291 350 395 511 604 593 615 670 9
Others 34 5 7 5 1 * * - - - -
Women 195 200 226 247 250 252 254 278 319 329 3
Fine default 4 5 4 4 4 3 2 1 1 * -
Less than 3 months 5 5 5 6 7 8 8 7 7 5 -25
3 months - less than 6 months 24 26 25 30 27 25 24 28 26 28 8
6 months - less than 2 years 68 57 79 86 94 90 92 103 123 129 4
2 years - less than 4 years 40 48 41 52 51 55 56 64 83 70 -15
4 years or over (excluding life) 38 46 54 52 49 49 47 48 49 58 17
Life/Section 205/206 sentences 11 13 17 16 17 18 18 19 24 26 11
Persons recalled from supervision/licence 1 1 2 1 2 4 7 7 6 13 102
Others 3 1 * * * - - - - - -
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