Criminal Proceedings in Scotland 2011-12

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


Table 11 People with a charge proved by main penalty, gender and age, 2011-12

Number
Main penalty
Total
Male Female Companies
All males Under 16 16 to 20 21 to 30 Over 30 All females Under 16 16 to 20 21 to 30 Over 30
Total1 108,336 90,820 45 13,083 32,717 44,975 17,431 2 1,948 5,987 9,494 85
Custody 15,880 14,519 6 2,045 6,021 6,447 1,361 - 159 614 588 -
Community sentence 16,916 14,064 7 3,281 5,233 5,543 2,852 - 432 1,019 1,401 -
Financial penalty 59,317 50,262 2 5,360 17,803 27,097 8,978 - 745 2,908 5,325 77
Other sentence 16,223 11,975 30 2,397 3,660 5,888 4,240 2 612 1,446 2,180 8
Row per cent
Main penalty
Total
Male Female Companies
All males Under 16 16 to 20 21 to 30 Over 30 All females Under 16 16 to 20 21 to 30 Over 30  
Total 100 84 * 12 30 42 16 * 2 6 9 *
Custody 100 91 * 13 38 41 9 - 1 4 4 -
Community sentence 100 83 * 19 31 33 17 - 3 6 8 -
Financial penalty 100 85 * 9 30 46 15 - 1 5 9 *
Other sentence 100 74 * 15 23 36 26 * 4 9 13 *
Column per cent
Main penalty Total Male Female Companies
All males Under 16 16 to 20 21 to 30 Over 30 All females Under 16 16 to 20 21 to 30 Over 30
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Custody 15 16 13 16 18 14 8 - 8 10 6 -
Community sentence 16 15 16 25 16 12 16 - 22 17 15 -
Financial penalty 55 55 4 41 54 60 52 - 38 49 56 91
Other sentence 15 13 67 18 11 13 24 100 31 24 23 9

1. Includes a small number of cases where gender is unknown

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