CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN SCOTLAND 2014-15
Summary of offences dealt with by courts, sentencing outcomes and characteristics of convicted offenders. Additional information on non-court penalties issued by the Police and Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service.
Table 1: Summary of known action in the Scottish Criminal Justice System, 2005-06 to 2014-15
Thousands |
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2005-06 |
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
2008-09 |
2009-10 |
2010-11 |
2011-12 |
2012-13 |
2013-14 |
2014-15 |
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Crimes and offences recorded by the police |
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Crimes |
418 |
419 |
386 |
377 |
338 |
323 |
314 |
273 |
270 |
256 |
Offences1 |
600 |
607 |
572 |
560 |
564 |
530 |
544 |
544 |
501 |
379 |
Crimes and offences cleared up by the police |
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Crimes |
191 |
199 |
185 |
185 |
167 |
157 |
155 |
140 |
139 |
129 |
Offences1 |
558 |
566 |
534 |
519 |
523 |
491 |
508 |
510 |
472 |
351 |
Police disposals |
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Anti-social behaviour fixed penalty notices |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
48 |
61 |
54 |
54 |
55 |
56 |
43 |
Formal adult warnings |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
5 |
Crimes and offences dealt with by: |
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Offence referrals to Reporter to Children's Panel2 |
37 |
34 |
30 |
25 |
21 |
16 |
12 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
Procurator Fiscal action |
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Total criminal reports received (COPFS cases) |
320 |
316 |
307 |
285 |
276 |
266 |
276 |
281 |
294 |
244 |
Fiscal fines (CHS people)3,4 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
38 |
36 |
36 |
42 |
48 |
47 |
36 |
Fiscal fines (COPFS cases)4,5 |
18 |
21 |
19 |
37 |
34 |
33 |
41 |
46 |
47 |
35 |
Fiscal fixed penalties (CHS people)3 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
15 |
Fiscal fixed penalties (COPFS cases)5 |
10 |
14 |
15 |
20 |
18 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
24 |
15 |
Compensation orders (CHS people)4,5 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Compensation orders (COPFS cases)3,5 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Combined fiscal fines/compensation orders (CHS people)3,4 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
Combined fiscal fines/compensation orders (COPFS cases)4,5 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
Fiscal warnings (COPFS cases)4 |
33 |
27 |
25 |
15 |
14 |
13 |
12 |
13 |
8 |
8 |
No action (COPFS cases)4 |
49 |
44 |
44 |
32 |
30 |
29 |
32 |
35 |
28 |
27 |
Other non-court disposals6 |
11 |
12 |
10 |
9 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
10 |
13 |
13 |
People proceeded against in court |
142 |
149 |
149 |
141 |
136 |
131 |
125 |
117 |
122 |
123 |
1. Since 2013-14, not all offence categories in recorded crime statistics are comparable with previous years data. Please see Annex 2 of the Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2014-15 publication for further information.
2. A referral may relate to more than one offence. Figures exclude cases jointly referred to the Children’s Reporter and the Procurator Fiscal. These types of cases are included in the Procurator Fiscal action totals. This change has been applied retrospectively to historical data.
3. Number of people with main penalty as recorded on the Police Scotland's Criminal History System (CHS). The combined number of fiscal fines and fixed penalties is underestimated by around 2,700 in 2008-09 and 500 in 2009-10.
4. Figures relate to cases which were closed as offer paid/accepted/deemed accepted.
5. Number of cases of highest disposal as recorded on the Crown Office Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) information system.
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