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Publication - Statistics

Criminal Proceedings in Scotland 2011-12

Published
27 November 2012
ISBN
9781782562436

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

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Table 7 People with a charge proved by main penalty, 2002-03 to 2011-12

Number
Main penalty 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 % change
2010-11 to 2011-12
Total 5 122,825 128,520 129,733 128,204 134,413 133,608 125,889 121,028 115,564 108,336 -6
Custody 15,613 14,784 15,011 15,082 16,758 16,761 16,938 15,788 15,303 15,880 4
Prison 12,426 11,959 12,306 12,155 13,489 13,593 13,900 13,013 13,122 13,664 4
Young offenders institution 3,162 2,801 2,685 2,903 3,245 3,142 3,017 2,753 2,168 2,203 2
Life-long restriction order 9 - - - - - - - - 1 7 600
Other custody 25 24 20 24 24 26 21 22 12 6 -50
Community sentence 14,248 13,943 15,316 15,973 16,077 16,709 17,922 16,350 15,616 16,916 8
Probation 8,451 8,137 8,623 8,785 8,614 9,002 9,912 8,893 7,934 2,300 -71
Community service order 4,719 4,299 4,850 5,183 5,286 5,601 5,784 5,471 5,308 2,641 -50
Supervised attendance order 7 13 18 33 99 112 129 198 247 276 120 -57
Restriction of liberty order 656 879 1,097 1,136 1,179 1,155 1,143 931 824 602 -27
Drug treatment & testing order 409 610 713 758 865 822 885 808 806 665 -17
Community reparation order - - - 11 15 0 - - - - -
Anti Social Behaviour Order - - - 1 6 0 - - - - -
Community payback order - - - - - - - - 468 10,588 2162
Financial penalty 79,887 86,094 84,932 82,194 84,820 83,345 73,993 72,491 67,575 59,317 -12
Fine 78,540 84,327 83,237 80,723 83,445 82,020 72,840 71,452 66,491 58,388 -12
Compensation order 1,347 1,767 1,695 1,471 1,375 1,325 1,153 1,039 1,084 929 -14
Other sentence5 13,077 13,699 14,474 14,955 16,758 16,793 17,036 16,399 17,070 16,223 -5
Insanity, hospital, guardianship order 101 129 95 115 65 20 16 15 18 23 28
Caution or admonition 12,360 12,935 13,744 14,175 15,967 16,084 16,399 15,687 16,422 15,586 -5
Absolute discharge 8 385 435 403 401 413 430 412 522 460 472 3
Remit to children's hearing 230 196 221 260 313 259 209 175 170 142 -16
Average amount of penalty1
Custody (days)4 252 257 238 229 232 248 262 282 277 284
Community service order (hours) 154 154 149 148 147 146 146 146 149 155
Fine2,6 (£) 205 208 217 211 213 219 229 217 215 241
Compensation order3,6 (£) 223 208 247 282 335 322 378 394 391 423

1. Excludes indeterminate/not known sentences.
2. Excludes company fines.
3. As main or secondary penalty.
4. Figures for 2011-12 may be underestimates.
5. Includes a small number of sentence unknown.
6. Excludes a small number of large fines/ large compensation orders.
7. Of first instance.
8. Includes a small number of court cautions and dog-related disposals.
9. Data on life-long restriction orders are only available from 2011 onwards

  Percentage
Main penalty 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Custody 13 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 15
Prison 10 9 9 9 10 10 11 11 11 13
Young offenders institution 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Other custody * * * * * * * * * *
Community sentence 12 11 12 12 12 13 14 14 14 16
Probation 7 6 7 7 6 7 8 7 7 2
Community service order 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 2
Supervised attendance order * * * * * * * * * *
Restriction of liberty order 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Drug treatment & testing order * * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Community payback order - - - - - - - - * 10
Financial penalty 65 67 65 64 63 62 59 60 58 55
Fine 64 66 64 63 62 61 58 59 58 54
Compensation order 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Other sentence 11 11 11 12 12 13 14 14 15 15
Insanity, hospital, guardianship order * * * * * * * * * *
Caution or admonition 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14
Absolute discharge * * * * * * * * * *
Remit to children's hearing * * * * * * * * * *

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