Criminal Proceedings in Scotland 2011-12

This bulletin forms part of the Scottish Government series of statistical bulletins on the criminal justice system.


Table 8(c) People with a charge proved by gender, main crime/offence and main penalty, 2011-12

Main crime or offence Male Female
Total (percentages) Total (percentages)
Custody Community sentence Monetary Other Custody Community sentence Monetary Other
All Crimes and offences1 90,820 16 15 55 13 17,431 8 16 52 24
All crimes 32,857 30 22 30 18 6,327 16 24 27 34
Non-sexual crimes of violence 2,109 64 25 7 4 321 30 42 9 19
Homicide 97 85 7 3 5 17 65 24 12 -
Serious assault and attempted murder 1,219 64 29 6 1 126 39 50 6 5
Robbery 533 80 15 3 2 57 54 35 5 5
Other violence 260 28 31 20 21 121 4 40 13 43
Crimes of indecency 645 32 42 20 6 138 4 8 22 67
Rape and attempted rape 50 94 4 - 2 - - - - -
Sexual assault 147 46 46 5 4 2 50 50 - -
Offences associated with prostitution 83 2 4 77 17 117 2 6 19 74
Other indecency 365 24 55 17 4 19 11 16 42 32
Crimes of dishonesty 11,692 35 21 25 19 3,074 18 22 27 34
Housebreaking 1,432 55 28 9 8 62 27 44 11 18
Theft by opening a lockfast place 274 41 30 18 12 18 17 33 22 28
Theft from a motor vehicle 247 45 27 17 11 3 - - 33 67
Theft of a motor vehicle 431 30 32 23 15 19 5 53 32 11
Shoplifting 5,206 31 16 26 27 2,063 19 17 26 38
Other theft 2,476 29 23 33 15 480 19 25 28 28
Fraud 538 29 28 32 11 272 13 35 33 19
Other dishonesty 1,088 35 24 28 12 157 15 33 22 30
Fire-raising, vandalism, etc 2,684 16 26 44 15 324 7 28 36 28
Fire-raising 123 41 37 11 11 23 35 52 - 13
Vandalism, etc 2,561 14 25 45 15 301 5 27 39 29
Other crimes 15,727 24 20 34 21 2,470 12 25 28 35
Crimes against public justice 7,413 23 19 27 31 1,324 12 24 21 44
Handling an offensive weapon 2,137 37 35 18 10 139 14 46 12 27
Drugs 6,025 20 17 50 13 948 13 22 40 25
Other crime 152 41 28 23 9 59 12 42 22 24
All offences 57,963 8 12 70 10 11,104 3 12 66 19
Miscellaneous offences 25,625 16 23 40 20 5,215 7 23 34 36
Common assault 11,615 19 29 36 17 2,575 8 26 31 35
Breach of the peace, etc. 10,925 15 20 41 24 1,617 7 13 35 45
Drunkenness 102 4 10 57 29 22 - 5 32 64
Other offences 2,983 12 17 53 18 1,001 5 31 38 26
Motor vehicle offences 32,338 2 3 93 2 5,889 - 2 94 3
Dangerous and careless driving 2,476 4 6 88 2 383 - 4 93 2
Drink/drug driving 4,314 3 11 86 1 967 1 9 89 1
Speeding 10,568 - - 100 - 1,809 - - 100 -
Unlawful use of vehicle 7,377 4 4 85 6 1,617 - 1 90 8
Vehicle defect offences 1,344 - - 95 5 132 - - 88 12
Other vehicle 6,259 - - 98 2 981 - - 98 2

1. Excludes companies and gender not known.

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