Criminal Proceedings in Scotland 2011-12

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


Table 12 People with a charge proved by main penalty, gender and age, 2002-03 to 2011-12

2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 % change
10-11 -11-12
Total1,2,3 122,470 128,053 129,235 127,843 134,113 133,353 125,875 121,024 115,544 108,251 -6
Male Total4 104,310 107,933 108,460 107,804 113,511 112,788 106,295 101,601 97,015 90,820 -6
Under 21 24,075 23,550 23,205 24,185 25,639 24,525 20,535 17,327 15,143 13,128 -13
21-30 39,405 40,053 39,337 38,079 40,404 41,222 38,896 37,312 35,172 32,717 -7
Over 30 40,811 44,325 45,912 45,537 47,466 47,041 46,864 46,962 46,699 44,975 -4
Female Total4 18,160 20,120 20,775 20,039 20,602 20,565 19,580 19,423 18,529 17,431 -6
Under 21 2,845 2,944 2,909 2,937 3,264 3,306 2,830 2,511 2,228 1,950 -12
21-30 6,843 7,494 7,652 7,387 7,401 7,387 7,313 7,009 6,572 5,987 -9
Over 30 8,468 9,680 10,214 9,715 9,935 9,872 9,437 9,903 9,727 9,494 -2
Custody 15,613 14,784 15,010 15,082 16,758 16,761 16,938 15,788 15,302 15,880 4
Male Total4 14,609 13,684 13,809 13,939 15,583 15,486 15,585 14,509 14,000 14,519 4
Under 21 2,978 2,620 2,521 2,803 3,070 2,986 2,856 2,600 2,012 2,051 2
21-30 7,145 6,726 6,478 6,030 6,684 6,864 6,715 6,151 6,072 6,021 -1
Over 30 4,486 4,338 4,809 5,106 5,829 5,636 6,014 5,758 5,916 6,447 9
Female Total4 1,004 1,100 1,201 1,143 1,175 1,275 1,353 1,279 1,302 1,361 5
Under 21 218 211 191 125 200 182 182 175 168 159 -5
21-30 499 542 611 563 592 615 682 580 588 614 4
Over 30 287 347 399 455 383 478 489 524 546 588 8
Community sentence 14,245 13,943 15,316 15,973 16,077 16,709 17,921 16,350 15,616 16,916 8
Male Total4 11,952 11,624 12,821 13,355 13,566 13,886 14,955 13,484 12,978 14,064 8
Under 21 4,012 3,583 3,914 4,158 4,486 4,471 4,608 3,640 3,446 3,288 -5
21-30 4,511 4,435 4,832 4,920 4,878 4,935 5,303 5,037 4,697 5,233 11
Over 30 3,429 3,606 4,075 4,277 4,202 4,480 5,044 4,807 4,835 5,543 15
Female Total4 2,293 2,319 2,495 2,618 2,511 2,823 2,966 2,866 2,638 2,852 8
Under 21 498 478 529 532 633 667 593 559 453 432 -5
21-30 1,071 987 1,042 1,126 926 1,092 1,176 1,013 1,020 1,019 0
Over 30 723 854 924 960 952 1,064 1,197 1,294 1,165 1,401 20
Financial penalty 79,562 85,647 84,468 81,862 84,541 83,105 73,980 72,487 67,558 59,240 -12
Male Total4 68,016 72,573 71,134 69,505 72,051 71,058 63,241 61,480 57,350 50,262 -12
Under 21 13,997 14,389 13,765 14,029 14,646 13,597 9,886 8,462 7,070 5,362 -24
21-30 24,663 25,771 24,840 23,884 25,214 25,791 23,102 22,258 20,357 17,803 -13
Over 30 29,340 32,409 32,524 31,589 32,189 31,670 30,253 30,760 29,922 27,097 -9
Female Total4 11,546 13,074 13,334 12,357 12,490 12,047 10,739 11,007 10,208 8,978 -12
Under 21 1,437 1,549 1,494 1,507 1,572 1,569 1,206 1,061 909 745 -18
21-30 4,019 4,572 4,611 4,254 4,253 4,140 3,754 3,818 3,381 2,908 -14
Over 30 6,087 6,952 7,229 6,596 6,663 6,338 5,779 6,128 5,916 5,325 -10
Other sentence 13,050 13,679 14,441 14,926 16,737 16,778 17,036 16,399 17,068 16,215 -5
Male Total4 9,733 10,052 10,696 11,005 12,311 12,358 12,514 12,128 12,687 11,975 -6
Under 21 3,088 2,958 3,005 3,195 3,437 3,471 3,185 2,625 2,615 2,427 -7
21-30 3,086 3,121 3,187 3,245 3,628 3,632 3,776 3,866 4,046 3,660 -10
Over 30 3,556 3,972 4,504 4,565 5,246 5,255 5,553 5,637 6,026 5,888 -2
Female Total4 3,317 3,627 3,745 3,921 4,426 4,420 4,522 4,271 4,381 4,240 -3
Under 21 692 706 695 773 859 888 849 716 698 614 -12
21-30 1,254 1,393 1,388 1,444 1,630 1,540 1,701 1,598 1,583 1,446 -9
Over 30 1,371 1,527 1,662 1,704 1,937 1,992 1,972 1,957 2,100 2,180 4

1 Includes people with sentence unknown.
2 Excludes people with gender unknown.
3 Excludes companies.
4 Includes people with age unknown.

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