Civil justice statistics in Scotland 2021-22

Statistics on civil law cases in the Scottish courts together with other related information, such as statistics from the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey.


Infographic

Top stacked bar chart showing the downward trend in initiated cases for the period 2012-13 to 2021-22. The bottom left picture showing that there were 1,700 evictions initiated in 2021-22, which is an 84% decrease from 10,500 in 2012-13. The middle bottom picture showing that there were 27,000 debt cases initiated in 2021-22, which is a 25% decrease from 35,900 in 2012-13. The bottom right picture showing that there were 12,300 family cases initiated in 2021-22, which is a decrease of 11% from 13,900 in 2012-13.

Contact

Email: justice_analysts@gov.scot

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