Criminal Proceedings in Scotland 2012-13

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


4. Bulletin Tables (see note B11).

Table 1 Summary of known action, 2003-04 to 2012-131

Thousands
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
Crimes and offences recorded by the police
Crimes 414 438 418 419 386 377 338 323 314 273
Offences 616 639 600 607 572 560 564 530 544 544
Crimes and offences cleared up by the police
Crimes 196 195 191 199 185 185 167 157 155 140
Offences 592 595 558 566 534 519 523 491 508 510
Police disposals
Anti-social behaviour fixed penalty notices n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 48 61 54 54 55
Formal adult warnings n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 8 8 8 8 8
Other police warnings n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 5 5 4 5 6
Crimes and offences dealt with by:
Offence referrals to Reporter to Children's Panel1 34 36 38 36 31 26 23 18 13 9
Procurator Fiscal action
Total criminal reports received (COPFS cases) 307 309 320 316 307 285 276 266 276 281
Fiscal fines (CHS people)2,3 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 38 36 36 42 48
Fiscal fines (COPFS cases)3,4 30 23 18 21 19 37 34 33 41 46
Fiscal fixed penalties (CHS people)2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 18 19 20 21 22
Fiscal fixed penalties (COPFS cases)4 9 10 10 14 15 20 18 20 21 22
Compensation orders (CHS people)3,4 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 2 2 2 1 1
Compensation orders (COPFS cases)2,4 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 2 2 2 1 1
Combined fiscal fines/compensation orders (CHS people)3,4 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 2 2 3 2
Combined fiscal fines/compensation orders (COPFS cases)3,4 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 2 2 3 2
Fiscal warnings (COPFS cases) 22 32 33 27 25 15 14 13 12 13
No action (COPFS cases) 44 61 49 44 44 32 30 29 32 35
Other non-court disposals5 13 11 11 12 10 9 8 8 8 10
People proceeded against in court 141 144 142 149 149 141 136 131 125 117

1. Includes referrals from the procurator fiscal; a referral may relate to more than one offence.

2. Number of people with main penalty, from CHS. The combined number of fiscal fines and fixed penalties is underestimated by around 2,700 in 2008-09 and 500 in 2009-10.

3. Figures relate to cases which were closed as offer paid/accepted/deemed accepted.

4. Number of cases of highest disposal, from COPFS website.

5. Includes cases diverted from prosecution, e.g. to the Children's Reporter, cases transferred within COPFS and cases rolled up with other ongoing cases.

Table 2a People proceeded against in court by main crime/offence and outcome of court proceedings, 2012-13

Main crime or offence1 PNGA2,3 or deserted4 Acquitted not guilty Acquitted not proven Charge proved Total
All crimes and offences 9,979 4,710 970 100,964 116,623
All crimes 4,697 1,650 436 35,628 42,411
Non-sexual crimes of violence 411 465 148 2,125 3,149
Homicide 6 17 10 113 146
Serious assault and attempted murder 246 369 124 1,276 2,015
Robbery 92 48 8 513 661
Other violence 67 31 6 223 327
Sexual crimes 77 157 79 866 1,179
Rape and attempted rape 2 38 21 77 138
Sexual assault 19 57 34 206 316
Offences associated with prostitution 12 13 - 142 167
Other sexual crimes 44 49 24 441 558
Crimes of dishonesty 1,789 283 53 13,236 15,361
Housebreaking 295 40 6 1,365 1,706
Theft by opening a lockfast place 59 4 2 246 311
Theft from a motor vehicle 32 7 - 200 239
Theft of a motor vehicle 160 15 5 372 552
Shoplifting 461 23 7 6,491 6,982
Other theft 467 107 15 2,719 3,308
Fraud 102 30 5 623 760
Other dishonesty 213 57 13 1,220 1,503
Fire-raising, vandalism, etc. 400 166 24 2,579 3,169
Fire-raising 19 15 3 133 170
Vandalism, etc. 381 151 21 2,446 2,999
Other crimes 2,020 579 132 16,822 19,553
Crimes against public justice 869 238 43 8,421 9,571
Handling an offensive weapon 253 208 57 1,733 2,251
Drugs 884 128 32 6,457 7,501
Other crime 14 5 - 211 230
All offences 5,282 3,060 534 65,336 74,212
Miscellaneous offences 3,680 2,361 442 29,911 36,394
Common assault 2,007 1,438 254 13,039 16,738
Breach of the peace, etc. 1,298 678 130 12,935 15,041
Drunkenness 15 1 1 102 119
Other offences 360 244 57 3,835 4,496
Motor vehicle offences 1,602 699 92 35,425 37,818
Dangerous and careless driving 125 140 19 2,812 3,096
Drink/drug driving 100 138 36 4,730 5,004
Speeding 95 65 1 12,028 12,189
Unlawful use of vehicle 759 50 7 7,842 8,658
Vehicle defect offences 113 16 2 1,241 1,372
Other vehicle 410 290 27 6,772 7,499

1. Excludes people against whom proceedings are started but which are dropped before they reach court.

2. Plea of not guilty accepted.

3. Includes cases where proceedings are dropped after a person has been called to court, e.g. if witnesses cannot be traced.

4. Deserted simpliciter.

Table 2b People proceeded against in court by main crime/offence and percentage outcome of court proceedings, 2012-13

Row per cent
Main crime or offence1 PNGA2,3 or deserted4 Acquitted not guilty Acquitted not proven Charge proved Total Not proven as % of all acquitted
All crimes and offences 9 4 1 87 100 17
All crimes 11 4 1 84 100 21
Non-sexual crimes of violence 13 15 5 67 100 24
Homicide 4 12 7 77 100 37
Serious assault and attempted murder 12 18 6 63 100 25
Robbery 14 7 1 78 100 14
Other violence 20 9 2 68 100 16
Sexual crimes 7 13 7 73 100 33
Rape and attempted rape 1 28 15 56 100 36
Sexual assault 6 18 11 65 100 37
Offences associated with prostitution 7 8 - 85 100 -
Other sexual crimes 8 9 4 79 100 33
Crimes of dishonesty 12 2 * 86 100 16
Housebreaking 17 2 * 80 100 13
Theft by opening a lockfast place 19 1 1 79 100 33
Theft from a motor vehicle 13 3 - 84 100 -
Theft of a motor vehicle 29 3 1 67 100 25
Shoplifting 7 * * 93 100 23
Other theft 14 3 * 82 100 12
Fraud 13 4 1 82 100 14
Other dishonesty 14 4 1 81 100 19
Fire-raising, vandalism, etc. 13 5 1 81 100 13
Fire-raising 11 9 2 78 100 17
Vandalism, etc. 13 5 1 82 100 12
Other crimes 10 3 1 86 100 19
Crimes against public justice 9 2 * 88 100 15
Handling an offensive weapon 11 9 3 77 100 22
Drugs 12 2 * 86 100 20
Other crime 6 2 - 92 100 -
All offences 7 4 1 88 100 15
Miscellaneous offences 10 6 1 82 100 16
Common assault 12 9 2 78 100 15
Breach of the peace, etc. 9 5 1 86 100 16
Drunkenness 13 1 1 86 100 50
Other offences 8 5 1 85 100 19
Motor vehicle offences 4 2 * 94 100 12
Dangerous and careless driving 4 5 1 91 100 12
Drink/drug driving 2 3 1 95 100 21
Speeding 1 1 * 99 100 2
Unlawful use of vehicle 9 1 * 91 100 12
Vehicle defect offences 8 1 * 90 100 11
Other vehicle 5 4 * 90 100 9

1. Excludes people against whom proceedings are started but which are dropped before they reach court.

2. Plea of not guilty accepted.

3. Includes cases where proceedings are dropped after a person has been called to court, e.g. if witnesses cannot be traced.

4. Deserted simpliciter.

Table 3 People with a charge proved by type of court, 2003-04 to 2012-13

Number
Type of court 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
All court types1 128,520 129,733 128,204 134,413 133,608 125,895 121,042 115,576 108,378 100,964
High court 2,3 1,217 974 885 908 861 810 771 702 722 691
Sheriff solemn 3,535 3,670 3,967 4,682 5,195 4,532 4,222 4,021 4,138 4,298
Sheriff summary 76,621 77,196 75,989 80,503 79,981 73,898 65,585 61,572 60,677 56,339
Justice of the Peace court 4,5 47,144 47,891 47,358 48,319 47,569 46,632 50,448 49,281 42,841 39,636
Per cent
Type of court 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
All court types1 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
High court 2,3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Sheriff solemn 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 4
Sheriff summary 60 60 59 60 60 59 54 53 56 56
Justice of the Peace court 4,5 37 37 37 36 36 37 42 43 40 39
Index: 2003-04=100
Type of court 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
All court types1 100 101 100 105 104 98 94 90 84 79
High court 2,3 100 80 73 75 71 67 63 58 59 57
Sheriff solemn 100 104 112 132 147 128 119 114 117 122
Sheriff summary 100 101 99 105 104 96 86 80 79 74
Justice of the Peace court 4,5 100 102 100 102 101 99 107 105 91 84

1. Includes court type unknown.

2. Includes cases remitted to the High court from the Sheriff court.

3. The figures for 2012-13, and to an extent earlier years, may be underestimates due to late recording of disposals.

4. Includes the stipendiary magistrates court in Glasgow.

5. Includes District courts up to 2009-10 - more details in annex E.11.

Table 4(a) People with a charge proved by main crime/offence, 2003-04 to 2012-13

Main crime or offence 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-101 2010-11 2011-12 2012-132 % change 2011-12 to 2012-13 All offences proved 2012-132,3
All crimes and offences 128,520 129,733 128,204 134,413 133,608 125,895 121,042 115,576 108,378 100,964 -7 134,063
All crimes 43,314 44,713 43,299 46,998 46,858 45,160 42,176 40,973 39,192 35,628 -9 46,959
Non-sexual crimes of violence 2,596 2,429 2,459 2,461 2,749 2,658 2,462 2,538 2,432 2,125 -13 2,351
Homicide 131 143 111 121 136 116 118 117 111 113 2 118
Serious assault and attempted murder 1,476 1,376 1,561 1,496 1,731 1,709 1,511 1,417 1,349 1,276 -5 1,335
Robbery 689 610 512 529 548 562 532 526 593 513 -13 626
Other violence 300 300 275 315 334 271 301 478 379 223 -41 272
Sexual crimes 678 839 864 855 727 915 830 756 783 866 11 1,352
Rape and attempted rape 59 70 61 60 49 42 57 36 49 77 57 119
Sexual assault 209 197 185 184 145 182 158 159 150 206 37 448
Offences associated with prostitution 130 229 292 306 254 335 250 245 200 142 -29 145
Other sexual crimes 280 343 326 305 279 356 365 316 384 441 15 640
Crimes of dishonesty 19,825 19,610 17,997 18,381 17,728 17,429 15,951 15,614 14,772 13,236 -10 17,295
Housebreaking 2,508 2,372 2,074 2,025 1,867 1,860 1,604 1,540 1,498 1,365 -9 1,694
Theft by opening a lockfast place 504 458 366 398 389 349 312 284 291 246 -15 352
Theft from a motor vehicle 725 649 489 408 447 387 297 270 250 200 -20 307
Theft of a motor vehicle 1,086 942 847 851 776 733 572 484 450 372 -17 730
Shoplifting 8,123 8,427 8,162 8,548 8,457 8,287 8,098 7,853 7,267 6,491 -11 7,806
Other theft 3,652 3,668 3,289 3,430 3,260 3,113 2,768 2,871 2,961 2,719 -8 3,520
Fraud 1,636 1,537 1,457 1,355 1,337 1,438 1,142 1,065 811 623 -23 1,265
Other dishonesty 1,591 1,557 1,313 1,366 1,195 1,262 1,158 1,247 1,244 1,220 -2 1,621
Fire-raising, vandalism, etc. 4,759 5,028 5,000 5,438 5,392 4,375 3,836 3,362 3,015 2,579 -14 3,327
Fire-raising 169 192 192 251 224 244 190 159 145 133 -8 150
Vandalism, etc. 4,590 4,836 4,808 5,187 5,168 4,131 3,646 3,203 2,870 2,446 -15 3,177
Other crimes 15,456 16,807 16,979 19,863 20,262 19,783 19,097 18,703 18,190 16,822 -8 22,634
Crimes against public justice 5,293 5,774 5,764 7,218 8,043 8,704 8,351 8,494 8,720 8,421 -3 11,861
Handling an offensive weapon 2,875 3,447 3,500 3,550 3,422 3,539 2,863 2,465 2,278 1,733 -24 2,092
Drugs 7,258 7,555 7,606 8,892 8,529 7,302 7,694 7,525 6,979 6,457 -7 8,447
Other crime 30 31 109 203 268 238 189 219 213 211 -1 234
All offences 85,206 85,020 84,905 87,415 86,750 80,735 78,864 74,603 69,186 65,336 -6 87,104
Miscellaneous offences 34,523 37,463 39,666 42,301 41,394 35,804 32,884 30,496 30,902 29,911 -3 41,593
Common assault 12,378 13,644 14,502 15,517 15,616 15,292 14,361 13,927 14,207 13,039 -8 17,233
Breach of the peace, etc. 15,050 16,172 16,894 18,104 17,494 16,004 14,077 12,114 12,544 12,935 3 18,789
Drunkenness 418 311 293 261 235 129 146 160 124 102 -18 208
Other offences 6,677 7,336 7,977 8,419 8,049 4,379 4,300 4,295 4,027 3,835 -5 5,363
Motor vehicle offences 50,683 47,557 45,239 45,114 45,356 44,931 45,980 44,107 38,284 35,425 -7 45,511
Dangerous and careless driving 4,067 3,774 3,620 3,774 3,967 3,696 3,404 3,167 2,858 2,812 -2 3,362
Drink/drug driving 8,145 7,997 7,970 8,066 7,820 7,222 6,232 5,351 5,287 4,730 -11 5,226
Speeding 12,539 13,512 12,252 13,395 14,156 13,589 14,357 12,955 12,381 12,028 -3 12,338
Unlawful use of vehicle 19,334 16,592 14,703 13,450 13,609 12,741 12,175 11,053 9,002 7,842 -13 13,703
Vehicle defect offences 1,823 1,786 1,652 1,707 1,414 1,483 1,662 1,723 1,504 1,241 -17 2,204
Other vehicle 4,775 3,896 5,042 4,722 4,390 6,200 8,150 9,858 7,252 6,772 -7 8,678

1. Includes two cases with unknown crime.

2. Figures for some categories dealt with by the High Court - including homicide, rape and major drug cases - may be underestimated slightly due to late recording of disposals - see annex notes B10 to B13.

3. Number of individual offences relating to people with a charge proved, whether or not the main crime/offence involved. Breaches of social work orders are not counted as individual offences.

Table 4(b) People with a charge proved by main crime/offence, 2003-04 to 2012-13

Index: 2003-04=100
Main crime or offence 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-131
All crimes and offences 100 101 100 105 104 98 94 90 84 79
All crimes 100 103 100 109 108 104 97 95 90 82
Non-sexual crimes of violence 100 94 95 95 106 102 95 98 94 82
Homicide 100 109 85 92 104 89 90 89 85 86
Serious assault and attempted murder 100 93 106 101 117 116 102 96 91 86
Robbery 100 89 74 77 80 82 77 76 86 74
Other violence 100 100 92 105 111 90 100 159 126 74
Sexual crimes 100 124 127 126 107 135 122 112 115 128
Rape and attempted rape 100 119 103 102 83 71 97 61 83 131
Sexual assault 100 94 89 88 69 87 76 76 72 99
Offences associated with prostitution 100 176 225 235 195 258 192 188 154 109
Other sexual crimes 100 123 116 109 100 127 130 113 137 158
Crimes of dishonesty 100 99 91 93 89 88 80 79 75 67
Housebreaking 100 95 83 81 74 74 64 61 60 54
Theft by opening a lockfast place 100 91 73 79 77 69 62 56 58 49
Theft from a motor vehicle 100 90 67 56 62 53 41 37 34 28
Theft of a motor vehicle 100 87 78 78 71 67 53 45 41 34
Shoplifting 100 104 100 105 104 102 100 97 89 80
Other theft 100 100 90 94 89 85 76 79 81 74
Fraud 100 94 89 83 82 88 70 65 50 38
Other dishonesty 100 98 83 86 75 79 73 78 78 77
Fire-raising, vandalism, etc. 100 106 105 114 113 92 81 71 63 54
Fire-raising 100 114 114 149 133 144 112 94 86 79
Vandalism, etc. 100 105 105 113 113 90 79 70 63 53
Other crimes 100 109 110 129 131 128 124 121 118 109
Crimes against public justice 100 109 109 136 152 164 158 160 165 159
Handling an offensive weapon 100 120 122 123 119 123 100 86 79 60
Drugs 100 104 105 123 118 101 106 104 96 89
Other crime 100 103 363 677 893 793 630 730 710 703
All offences 100 100 100 103 102 95 93 88 81 77
Miscellaneous offences 100 109 115 123 120 104 95 88 90 87
Common assault 100 110 117 125 126 124 116 113 115 105
Breach of the peace, etc. 100 107 112 120 116 106 94 80 83 86
Drunkenness 100 74 70 62 56 31 35 38 30 24
Other offences 100 110 119 126 121 66 64 64 60 57
Motor vehicle offences 100 94 89 89 89 89 91 87 76 70
Dangerous and careless driving 100 93 89 93 98 91 84 78 70 69
Drink/drug driving 100 98 98 99 96 89 77 66 65 58
Speeding 100 108 98 107 113 108 114 103 99 96
Unlawful use of vehicle 100 86 76 70 70 66 63 57 47 41
Vehicle defect offences 100 98 91 94 78 81 91 95 83 68
Other vehicle 100 82 106 99 92 130 171 206 152 142

1. Figures for some categories dealt with by the High Court - including homicide, rape and major drug cases - may be underestimated slightly due to late recording of disposals - see Annex notes B10 to B13.

Table 5 Numbers of people with a charge proved per 1,000 population by gender and age, 2003-04 to 2012-13

Type of accused1 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
All People2,3
Total4 31 31 31 32 32 30 29 28 25 24
Under 165 * * * * * * * * * *
16 29 32 38 38 33 29 22 17 15 11
17 80 80 83 93 86 70 57 47 38 30
18 101 98 100 107 104 86 70 62 52 42
19 102 96 95 99 99 83 71 65 55 46
20 99 90 88 93 92 79 73 65 56 47
21-25 87 83 79 81 80 71 67 60 56 51
26-30 67 69 67 67 67 65 60 57 54 51
31-40 41 42 42 44 43 44 44 44 41 40
Over 406 12 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 13 13
Male
Total4 54 54 53 56 55 52 49 47 43 40
Under 165 * * 1 * 1 * * * * *
16 52 55 66 67 58 49 38 30 26 19
17 139 139 143 160 148 120 96 81 64 50
18 178 170 174 184 178 149 120 104 91 71
19 177 169 167 171 167 142 123 112 95 81
20 172 155 154 162 159 133 125 110 97 80
21-25 146 139 133 138 135 120 112 101 97 87
26-30 114 116 110 112 112 107 98 93 91 86
31-40 69 71 71 74 74 75 75 74 69 67
Over 406 21 22 22 23 23 23 23 24 22 22
Female
Total4 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 8 8
Under 165 * * * * * * * * * *
16 6 6 8 7 7 7 5 4 3 3
17 17 17 20 21 20 17 16 11 10 8
18 21 21 22 26 25 20 18 18 13 11
19 24 22 20 23 26 21 17 16 15 12
20 24 24 20 22 23 21 19 18 15 14
21-25 26 26 24 24 23 21 20 18 16 15
26-30 22 23 23 22 22 22 21 19 18 17
31-40 14 15 15 15 15 14 15 15 14 13
Over 406 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4

1. A person who had a charge proved more than once in 2012-13 will be counted more than once in this table.

2. Figures in the table are calculated as ratios per 1,000 overall Scottish population.

3. Includes sex not known; excludes companies.

4. Includes age not known; uses mid-year population estimate for those aged 8-70.

5. Uses mid-year population estimate for those aged 8-15.

6. Uses mid-year population estimate for those aged 41-70.

Table 6(a) Males with a charge proved by main crime/offence and age, 2012-13

(Number) (Per cent)
Main crime or offence Under 21 21-30 Over 30 Total Under 21 21-30 Over 30 Total
All crimes and offences1 10,351 30,332 43,621 84,304 100 100 100 100
All crimes 4,642 11,281 13,960 29,883 45 37 32 35
Non-sexual crimes of violence 435 847 593 1,875 4 3 1 2
Homicide 16 27 59 102 * * * *
Serious assault and attempted murder 295 557 318 1,170 3 2 1 1
Robbery 114 206 145 465 1 1 * 1
Other violence 10 57 71 138 * * * *
Sexual crimes 98 207 457 762 1 1 1 1
Rape and attempted rape 8 21 48 77 * * * *
Sexual assault 18 55 130 203 * * * *
Offences associated with prostitution 3 5 45 53 * * * *
Other sexual crimes 69 126 234 429 1 * 1 1
Crimes of dishonesty 1,285 3,787 5,537 10,609 12 12 13 13
Housebreaking 282 478 546 1,306 3 2 1 2
Theft by opening a lockfast place 28 100 109 237 * * * *
Theft from a motor vehicle 31 65 102 198 * * * *
Theft of a motor vehicle 113 165 72 350 1 1 * *
Shoplifting 273 1,584 2,874 4,731 3 5 7 6
Other theft 376 853 1,066 2,295 4 3 2 3
Fraud 33 156 238 427 * 1 1 1
Other dishonesty 149 386 530 1,065 1 1 1 1
Fire-raising, vandalism, etc. 633 982 636 2,251 6 3 1 3
Fire-raising 42 46 32 120 * * * *
Vandalism, etc. 591 936 604 2,131 6 3 1 3
Other crimes 2,191 5,458 6,737 14,386 21 18 15 17
Crimes against public justice 1,395 2,536 3,096 7,027 13 8 7 8
Handling an offensive weapon 330 624 647 1,601 3 2 1 2
Drugs 444 2,256 2,900 5,600 4 7 7 7
Other crime 22 42 94 158 * * * *
All offences 5,709 19,051 29,661 54,421 55 63 68 65
Miscellaneous offences 3,737 9,464 11,428 24,629 36 31 26 29
Common assault 1,951 4,327 4,227 10,505 19 14 10 12
Breach of the peace, etc. 1,511 4,218 5,484 11,213 15 14 13 13
Drunkenness 5 36 41 82 * * * *
Other offences 270 883 1,676 2,829 3 3 4 3
Motor vehicle offences 1,972 9,587 18,233 29,792 19 32 42 35
Dangerous and careless driving 346 826 1,275 2,447 3 3 3 3
Drink/drug driving 297 1,216 2,334 3,847 3 4 5 5
Speeding 384 2,808 7,057 10,249 4 9 16 12
Unlawful use of vehicle 613 2,309 3,447 6,369 6 8 8 8
Vehicle defect offences 82 392 610 1,084 1 1 1 1
Other vehicle 250 2,036 3,510 5,796 2 7 8 7

1. Excludes companies and gender not known.

Table 6(b) Females with a charge proved by main crime/offence and age, 2012-13

(Number) (Per cent)
Main crime or offence Under 21 21-30 Over 30 Total Under 21 21-30 Over 30 Total
All crimes and offences1 1,615 5,866 9,064 16,545 100 100 100 100
All crimes 541 2,340 2,864 5,745 33 40 32 35
Non-sexual crimes of violence 37 114 99 250 2 2 1 2
Homicide 1 3 7 11 * * * *
Serious assault and attempted murder 20 55 31 106 1 1 * 1
Robbery 10 27 11 48 1 * * *
Other violence 6 29 50 85 * * 1 1
Sexual crimes 5 43 56 104 * 1 1 1
Rape and attempted rape - - - - - - - -
Sexual assault - 1 2 3 - * * *
Offences associated with prostitution 5 37 47 89 * 1 1 1
Other sexual crimes - 5 7 12 - * * *
Crimes of dishonesty 158 1,110 1,359 2,627 10 19 15 16
Housebreaking 9 34 16 59 1 1 * *
Theft by opening a lockfast place - 4 5 9 - * * *
Theft from a motor vehicle - 1 1 2 - * * *
Theft of a motor vehicle 7 9 6 22 * * * *
Shoplifting 92 738 930 1,760 6 13 10 11
Other theft 34 196 194 424 2 3 2 3
Fraud 9 75 112 196 1 1 1 1
Other dishonesty 7 53 95 155 * 1 1 1
Fire-raising, vandalism, etc. 69 141 118 328 4 2 1 2
Fire-raising 5 2 6 13 * * * *
Vandalism, etc. 64 139 112 315 4 2 1 2
Other crimes 272 932 1,232 2,436 17 16 14 15
Crimes against public justice 202 549 643 1,394 13 9 7 8
Handling an offensive weapon 28 50 54 132 2 1 1 1
Drugs 35 312 510 857 2 5 6 5
Other crime 7 21 25 53 * * * *
All offences 1,074 3,526 6,200 10,800 67 60 68 65
Miscellaneous offences 830 1,804 2,604 5,238 51 31 29 32
Common assault 537 967 1,030 2,534 33 16 11 15
Breach of the peace, etc. 230 570 922 1,722 14 10 10 10
Drunkenness 1 8 11 20 * * * *
Other offences 62 259 641 962 4 4 7 6
Motor vehicle offences 244 1,722 3,596 5,562 15 29 40 34
Dangerous and careless driving 29 93 243 365 2 2 3 2
Drink/drug driving 41 232 610 883 3 4 7 5
Speeding 64 527 1,187 1,778 4 9 13 11
Unlawful use of vehicle 66 475 924 1,465 4 8 10 9
Vehicle defect offences 13 40 53 106 1 1 1 1
Other vehicle 31 355 579 965 2 6 6 6

1. Excludes companies and gender not known.

Table 7 People with a charge proved by main penalty, 2003-04 to 2012-13

Main penalty 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 % change
11-12 to 12-13
Total 1 128,520 129,733 128,204 134,413 133,608 125,895 121,042 115,576 108,378 100,964 -7
Custody 14,784 15,011 15,082 16,758 16,761 16,944 15,801 15,313 15,911 14,758 -7
Prison 11,959 12,306 12,155 13,489 13,593 13,905 13,019 13,127 13,696 13,046 -5
Young offenders institution 2,801 2,685 2,903 3,245 3,142 3,017 2,753 2,168 2,202 1,688 -23
Other custody 24 20 24 24 26 21 22 12 6 10 67
Order for life-long restriction - - - - - 1 7 6 7 14 100
Community sentence 13,943 15,316 15,973 16,077 16,709 17,922 16,350 15,617 16,934 17,254 2
Community payback order - - - - - - - 461 10,380 14,924 44
Community service order 4,299 4,850 5,183 5,286 5,601 5,784 5,471 5,308 2,642 479 -82
Probation 8,137 8,623 8,785 8,614 9,002 9,912 8,893 7,935 2,305 295 -87
Restriction of liberty order 879 1,097 1,136 1,179 1,155 1,143 931 831 845 910 8
Drug treatment & testing order 610 713 758 865 822 885 808 806 642 621 -3
Supervised attendance order 2 18 33 99 112 129 198 247 276 120 25 -79
Community reparation order - - 11 15 - - - - - - -
Anti-social behaviour order - - 1 6 - - - - - - -
Financial penalty 86,094 84,932 82,194 84,820 83,345 73,993 72,491 67,575 59,320 53,423 -10
Fine 84,327 83,237 80,723 83,445 82,020 72,840 71,452 66,491 58,395 52,654 -10
Compensation order 1,767 1,695 1,471 1,375 1,325 1,153 1,039 1,084 925 769 -17
Other sentence1 13,699 14,474 14,955 16,758 16,793 17,036 16,400 17,071 16,213 15,529 -4
Insanity, hospital, guardianship order 129 95 115 65 20 16 15 19 24 31 29
Admonition3 12,935 13,744 14,175 15,967 16,084 16,399 15,687 16,422 15,577 15,010 -4
Absolute discharge 435 403 401 413 430 412 523 460 472 358 -24
Remit to children's hearing 196 221 260 313 259 209 175 170 140 130 -7
Average amount of penalty4
Custody (days)5 257 238 229 232 248 263 284 278 286 283
Community service order (hours) 154 149 148 147 146 146 146 149 155 161
Fine6,7 (£) 208 217 211 213 219 229 217 215 241 245
Compensation order7, 8 (£) 208 247 282 335 322 378 394 391 426 439

1. Includes a small number of sentence unknown for the years 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06.

2. Of first instance.

3. Includes a small number of court cautions and dog-related disposals.

4. Excludes indeterminate/not known sentences.

5. Figures for 2012-13 may be underestimates.

6. Excludes company fines.

7. Excludes a small number of large fines.

8. As main or secondary penalty.

Percentage
Main penalty 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
Total
Custody 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 15 15
Prison 9 9 9 10 10 11 11 11 13 13
Young offenders institution 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Other custody * * * * * * * * * *
Order for life-long restriction - - - - - * * * * *
Community sentence 11 12 12 12 13 14 14 14 16 17
Community payback order - - - - - - - * 10 15
Community service order 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 *
Probation 6 7 7 6 7 8 7 7 2 *
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 1
Supervised attendance order * * * * * * * * * *
Financial penalty 67 65 64 63 62 59 60 58 55 53
Fine 66 64 63 62 61 58 59 58 54 52
Compensation order 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Other sentence 11 11 12 12 13 14 14 15 15 15
Insanity, hospital, guardianship order * * * * * * * * * *
Admonition 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15
Absolute discharge * * * * * * * * * *
Remit to children's hearing * * * * * * * * * *

Table 8(a) People with a charge proved by main crime/offence and main penalty, 2012-13

Main crime or offence Prison Young offenders Institution Other custody Order for lifelong restriction Community payback order Community service order Probation Restriction of liberty order Drug treatment & testing order Supervised attendance order1 Fine Compensation order Insanity, hospital, guardianship order Admonition Absolute discharge Remit to children's hearing Total2
All crimes and offences 13,046 1,688 10 14 14,924 479 295 910 621 25 52,654 769 31 15,010 358 130 100,964
All crimes 8,791 1,110 10 13 7,176 206 205 513 562 14 9,144 456 17 7,216 127 68 35,628
Non-sexual crimes of violence 1,024 220 7 6 508 43 26 54 11 - 101 14 6 95 6 4 2,125
Homicide 81 9 2 - 7 8 - 1 - - 2 - 2 1 - - 113
Serious assault and attempted murder 574 134 4 4 351 31 16 42 3 - 71 13 4 22 3 4 1,276
Robbery 321 74 1 1 79 2 3 8 7 - 7 - - 9 1 - 513
Other violence 48 3 - 1 71 2 7 3 1 - 21 1 - 63 2 - 223
Sexual crimes 263 22 - 7 270 1 76 3 - - 117 - 4 96 4 3 866
Rape and attempted rape 61 6 - 4 4 - 1 - - - - - 1 - - - 77
Sexual assault 89 6 - 2 78 - 18 - - - 8 - 2 1 1 1 206
Prostitution - - - - 3 - - - - - 66 - - 73 - - 142
Other sexual crimes 113 10 - 1 185 1 57 3 - - 43 - 1 22 3 2 441
Crimes of dishonesty 3,971 301 2 - 2,420 104 46 174 385 6 2,820 190 - 2,753 46 18 13,236
Housebreaking 640 99 - - 293 6 7 24 47 1 103 18 - 121 2 4 1,365
Theft by opening a lockfast place 102 8 - - 45 3 - - 6 - 44 6 - 30 1 1 246
Theft from a motor vehicle 75 8 - - 39 - 3 4 8 - 32 3 - 28 - - 200
Theft of a motor vehicle 94 22 - - 112 1 1 9 2 1 83 6 - 37 3 1 372
Shoplifting 1,771 72 - - 920 11 13 60 235 1 1,505 47 - 1,832 18 6 6,491
Other theft 751 68 1 - 620 20 9 43 52 1 624 73 - 438 14 5 2,719
Fraud 175 3 - - 117 46 3 8 4 - 162 28 - 74 3 - 623
Other dishonesty 363 21 1 - 274 17 10 26 31 2 267 9 - 193 5 1 1,220
Fire-raising, vandalism, etc. 301 84 1 - 653 8 3 31 9 - 833 251 1 379 10 15 2,579
Fire-raising 51 11 1 - 42 3 1 3 - - 1 2 1 12 - 5 133
Vandalism etc. 250 73 - - 611 5 2 28 9 - 832 249 - 367 10 10 2,446
Other crimes 3,232 483 - - 3,325 50 54 251 157 8 5,273 1 6 3,893 61 28 16,822
Crimes against public justice 1,526 347 - - 1,565 9 22 130 32 5 1,997 - 2 2,725 39 22 8,421
Handling an offensive weapon 562 92 - - 566 10 6 48 11 - 244 - 4 181 6 3 1,733
Drugs 1,075 38 - - 1,131 31 26 69 114 3 2,997 - - 957 15 1 6,457
Other crime 69 6 - - 63 - - 4 - - 35 1 - 30 1 2 211
All offences 4,255 578 - 1 7,748 273 90 397 59 11 43,510 313 14 7,794 231 62 65,336
Miscellaneous offences 3,855 545 - 1 6,792 262 87 367 58 5 10,443 297 14 6,932 192 61 29,911
Common assault 1,844 333 - - 3,534 62 46 229 27 1 4,092 183 4 2,547 94 43 13,039
Breach of the peace 1,639 186 - 1 2,575 17 13 109 26 1 4,635 71 10 3,570 66 16 12,935
Drunkenness 3 - - - 10 - - - - 1 57 - - 29 2 - 102
Other offences 369 26 - - 673 183 28 29 5 2 1,659 43 - 786 30 2 3,835
Motor vehicle offences 400 33 - - 956 11 3 30 1 6 33,067 16 - 862 39 1 35,425
Dangerous and careless driving 67 14 - - 167 3 - 5 - 1 2,504 2 - 48 1 - 2,812
Drink/drug driving 98 1 - - 527 3 1 12 1 2 4,037 - - 47 1 - 4,730
Speeding - - - - 1 - - - - - 11,967 - - 57 3 - 12,028
Unlawful use of vehicle 233 15 - - 243 5 2 13 - 2 6,757 13 - 529 29 1 7,842
Vehicle defect offences - - - - - - - - - - 1,194 - - 46 1 - 1,241
Other vehicle 2 3 - - 18 - - - - 1 6,608 1 - 135 4 - 6,772

1. Of first instance

2. Includes a small number of charges where the main penalty is not known.

Table 8(b) People with a charge proved by main crime/offence and main penalty, 2012-13

Row percentages Column percentages
Main crime or offence Custody Community sentence Monetary Other Total Custody Community sentence Monetary Other Total
All crimes and offences 15 17 53 15 100 100 100 100 100 100
All crimes 28 24 27 21 100 67 50 18 48 35
Non-sexual crimes of violence 59 30 5 5 100 9 4 * 1 2
Homicide 81 14 2 3 100 - - - - -
Serious assault and attempted murder 56 35 7 3 100 5 3 * * 1
Robbery 77 19 1 2 100 3 1 * * 1
Other violence 23 38 10 29 100 * * * * *
Sexual crimes 34 40 14 12 100 2 2 * 1 1
Rape and attempted rape 92 6 - 1 100 * * - * *
Sexual assault 47 47 4 2 100 1 1 * * *
Prostitution - 2 46 51 100 - * * * *
Other sexual crimes 28 56 10 6 100 1 1 * * *
Crimes of dishonesty 32 24 23 21 100 29 18 6 18 13
Housebreaking 54 28 9 9 100 5 2 * 1 1
Theft by opening a lockfast place 45 22 20 13 100 1 * * * *
Theft from a motor vehicle 42 27 18 14 100 1 * * * *
Theft of a motor vehicle 31 34 24 11 100 1 1 * * *
Shoplifting 28 19 24 29 100 12 7 3 12 6
Other theft 30 27 26 17 100 6 4 1 3 3
Fraud 29 29 30 12 100 1 1 * * 1
Other dishonesty 32 30 23 16 100 3 2 1 1 1
Fire-raising, vandalism, etc. 15 27 42 16 100 3 4 2 3 3
Fire-raising 47 37 2 14 100 * * * * *
Vandalism, etc. 13 27 44 16 100 2 4 2 2 2
Other crimes 22 23 31 24 100 25 22 10 26 17
Crimes against public justice 22 21 24 33 100 13 10 4 18 8
Handling an offensive weapon 38 37 14 11 100 4 4 * 1 2
Drugs 17 21 46 15 100 8 8 6 6 6
Other crime 36 32 17 16 100 1 * * * *
All offences 7 13 67 12 100 33 50 82 52 65
Miscellaneous offences 15 25 36 24 100 30 44 20 46 30
Common assault 17 30 33 21 100 15 23 8 17 13
Breach of the peace 14 21 36 28 100 12 16 9 24 13
Drunkenness 3 11 56 30 100 * * * * *
Other offences 10 24 44 21 100 3 5 3 5 4
Motor vehicle offences 1 3 93 3 100 3 6 62 6 35
Dangerous and careless driving 3 6 89 2 100 1 1 5 * 3
Drink/drug driving 2 12 85 1 100 1 3 8 * 5
Speeding - * 99 * 100 - * 22 * 12
Unlawful use of vehicle 3 3 86 7 100 2 2 13 4 8
Vehicle defect offences - - 96 4 100 - - 2 * 1
Other vehicle * * 98 2 100 * * 12 1 7

Table 8(c) People with a charge proved by gender, main crime/offence and main penalty, 2012-13

Main crime or offence Male Female
Total1 (percentages) Total1 (percentages)
Custody Community sentence Monetary Other Custody Community sentence Monetary Other
All crimes and offences 84,304 16 17 54 13 16,545 8 17 49 26
All crimes 29,883 30 24 27 18 5,745 16 25 24 35
Non-sexual crimes of violence 1,875 63 29 5 3 250 31 42 7 20
Homicide 102 83 13 1 3 11 64 27 9 -
Serious assault and attempted murder 1,170 57 34 7 2 106 42 46 6 7
Robbery 465 80 17 1 2 48 50 42 6 2
Other violence 138 36 37 10 17 85 4 39 9 48
Sexual crimes 762 38 45 12 4 104 - 7 23 70
Rape and attempted rape 77 92 6 - 1 - - - - -
Sexual assault 203 48 46 3 2 3 - 67 33 -
Prostitution 53 - - 91 9 89 - 3 20 76
Other sexual crimes 429 29 57 9 5 12 - 17 42 42
Crimes of dishonesty 10,609 36 23 23 18 2,627 18 25 24 33
Housebreaking 1,306 56 27 9 8 59 22 46 5 27
Theft by opening a lockfast place 237 46 22 20 13 9 11 33 33 22
Theft from a motor vehicle 198 41 27 18 14 2 50 50 - -
Theft of a motor vehicle 350 33 34 23 11 22 9 27 45 18
Shoplifting 4,731 32 18 24 25 1,760 18 21 23 38
Other theft 2,295 33 27 25 15 424 17 29 27 27
Fraud 427 33 27 31 8 196 18 32 29 21
Other dishonesty 1,065 33 27 23 16 155 20 45 17 18
Fire-raising, vandalism, etc. 2,251 16 28 42 14 328 10 21 40 29
Fire-raising 120 48 38 2 13 13 38 31 8 23
Vandalism, etc. 2,131 14 28 45 14 315 9 20 42 30
Other crimes 14,386 24 23 32 21 2,436 13 24 25 37
Crimes against public justice 7,027 24 21 24 31 1,394 14 21 21 45
Handling an offensive weapon 1,601 40 36 14 10 132 14 50 12 23
Drugs 5,600 18 21 48 13 857 12 25 34 28
Other crime 158 42 30 19 9 53 17 38 11 34
All offences 54,421 8 13 68 11 10,800 3 13 63 21
Miscellaneous offences 24,629 16 25 37 21 5,238 7 25 29 39
Common assault 10,505 19 31 34 17 2,534 8 27 28 37
Breach of the peace 11,213 15 22 38 25 1,722 7 17 29 48
Drunkenness 82 4 9 66 22 20 - 20 15 65
Other offences 2,829 13 21 47 19 962 4 35 34 28
Motor vehicle offences 29,792 1 3 93 2 5,562 * 2 94 3
Dangerous and careless driving 2,447 3 6 89 1 365 1 5 91 4
Drink/drug driving 3,847 2 12 85 1 883 1 10 88 1
Speeding 10,249 - * 99 1 1,778 - - 100 *
Unlawful use of vehicle 6,369 4 4 85 7 1,465 * 1 90 9
Vehicle defect offences 1,084 - - 97 3 106 - - 91 9
Other vehicle 5,796 * * 98 2 965 - * 98 2

1. Excludes a small number of companies.

Table 9 Percentage of people with a charge proved receiving custodial sentences by main crime/offence, 2003-04 to 2012-13

Main crime or offence 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
All crimes and offences 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 15 15
All crimes 24 23 24 24 24 26 26 26 28 28
Non-sexual crimes of violence 52 51 50 54 51 55 58 53 60 59
Homicide 94 92 88 93 96 98 91 82 83 81
Serious assault and attempted murder 48 50 46 52 48 53 56 53 61 56
Robbery 65 61 66 70 66 71 73 72 78 77
Other violence 18 17 25 22 25 19 27 27 21 23
Sexual crimes 33 26 28 26 24 24 31 26 27 34
Rape and attempted rape 83 93 90 98 92 98 95 92 94 92
Sexual assault 57 49 51 46 47 52 62 46 45 47
Prostitution - - 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 -
Other sexual crimes 19 17 28 24 22 23 27 28 24 28
Crimes of dishonesty 29 29 28 28 28 29 29 30 31 32
Housebreaking 48 47 45 50 47 45 49 53 54 54
Theft by opening a lockfast place 39 31 35 36 34 36 37 38 40 45
Theft from a motor vehicle 36 37 37 43 40 45 39 41 45 42
Theft of a motor vehicle 23 23 22 27 22 27 24 27 29 31
Shoplifting 29 28 28 26 26 27 26 27 28 28
Other theft 26 26 26 24 26 27 29 28 28 30
Fraud 11 11 14 17 18 21 21 23 24 29
Other dishonesty 28 24 26 27 25 27 29 31 33 32
Fire-raising, vandalism, etc. 9 9 9 9 10 11 12 13 15 15
Fire-raising 31 24 35 27 36 31 30 35 41 47
Vandalism, etc. 8 8 8 8 9 10 11 12 13 13
Other crimes 17 17 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 22
Crimes against public justice 19 19 23 24 24 22 23 21 22 22
Handling an offensive weapon 22 22 26 30 29 30 32 31 35 38
Drugs 14 14 13 13 15 19 19 19 19 17
Other crime 20 42 45 37 35 31 27 26 32 36
All offences 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 7
Miscellaneous offences 8 9 9 10 10 12 12 13 15 15
Common assault 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 17 17
Breach of the peace 8 9 10 10 10 11 12 13 14 14
Drunkenness 3 3 2 2 - 2 3 1 3 3
Other offences 2 2 2 2 3 7 5 6 10 10
Motor vehicle offences 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1
Dangerous and careless driving 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 3
Drink/drug driving 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
Speeding - - - - - - - - - -
Unlawful use of vehicle 6 5 6 6 5 5 3 3 4 3
Vehicle defect offences - - - - - - - - - -
Other vehicle 1 1 - - - - - - - -

Table 10(a) People receiving a custodial sentence by main crime/offence and length of sentence, 2012-13

(Numbers) (Percentages)
Main crime or offence Total1,2 Up to 3 months Over 3 months to 6 months Over 6 months to 2 years Over 2 years to less than 4 years 4 years and over Life Indeterminate Detention Average length of sentence (days)3,4 Up to 3 months Over 3 months to 6 months Over 6 months to 2 years Over 2 years to less than 4 years 4 years and over including life etc
All crimes and offences 14,748 4,334 5,470 3,804 659 424 49 - 283 29 37 26 4 3
All crimes 9,914 2,887 3,197 2,757 611 408 49 - 336 29 32 28 6 5
Non-sexual crimes of violence 1,250 16 56 651 283 196 47 - 884 1 4 52 23 19
Homicide 90 - - 5 4 34 47 - 2,367 - - 6 4 90
Serious assault and attempted murder 712 3 17 409 174 108 - - 876 * 2 57 24 15
Robbery 396 5 26 216 99 50 - - 794 1 7 55 25 13
Other non-sexual violence 52 8 13 21 6 4 - - 468 15 25 40 12 8
Sexual crimes 292 5 29 103 46 107 2 - 1,283 2 10 35 16 37
Rape and attempted rape 71 - - 2 4 64 1 - 2,414 - - 3 6 92
Sexual assault 97 - 11 39 25 21 1 - 1,070 - 11 40 26 23
Prostitution - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Other sexual crimes 124 5 18 62 17 22 - - 808 4 15 50 14 18
Crimes of dishonesty 4,272 1,431 1,942 839 49 8 - - 166 33 45 20 1 *
Housebreaking 739 72 307 332 25 3 - - 265 10 42 45 3 *
Theft by opening a lockfast place 110 19 53 36 2 - - - 214 17 48 33 2 -
Theft from a motor vehicle 83 22 46 15 - - - - 154 27 55 18 - -
Theft of a motor vehicle 116 24 65 26 1 - - - 174 21 56 22 1 -
Shoplifting 1,843 843 851 147 - - - - 114 46 46 8 - -
Other theft 819 238 415 158 6 1 - - 162 29 51 19 1 *
Fraud 178 31 67 70 9 1 - - 270 17 38 39 5 1
Other dishonesty 384 182 138 55 6 3 - - 171 47 36 14 2 1
Fire-raising, vandalism etc. 385 126 141 105 11 2 - - 214 33 37 27 3 1
Fire-raising 62 4 9 39 8 2 - - 502 6 15 63 13 3
Vandalism etc. 323 122 132 66 3 - - - 158 38 41 20 1 -
Other crimes 3,715 1,309 1,029 1,059 222 95 - - 293 35 28 29 6 3
Crimes against public justice 1,873 1,113 618 132 6 4 - - 111 59 33 7 * *
Handling an offensive weapon 654 36 180 412 24 2 - - 346 6 28 63 4 *
Drugs 1,113 149 187 502 187 88 - - 569 13 17 45 17 8
Other crime 75 11 44 13 5 1 - - 256 15 59 17 7 1
All offences 4,834 1,447 2,273 1,047 48 16 - - 175 30 47 22 1 *
Miscellaneous offences 4,401 1,400 2,065 870 47 16 - - 172 32 47 20 1 *
Common assault 2,177 482 1,040 617 32 4 - - 197 22 48 28 1 *
Breach of the peace 1,826 775 835 206 8 1 - - 135 42 46 11 * *
Drunkenness 3 2 1 - - - - - 97 67 33 - - -
Other miscellaneous 395 141 189 47 7 11 - - 201 36 48 12 2 3
Motor vehicle offences 433 47 208 177 1 - - - 202 11 48 41 * -
Dangerous and careless driving 81 3 33 44 1 - - - 262 4 41 54 1 -
Drink/drug driving 99 18 67 14 - - - - 147 18 68 14 - -
Speeding - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Unlawful use of vehicle 248 24 105 119 - - - - 206 10 42 48 - -
Vehicle defect offences - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Other motor vehicle 5 2 3 - - - - - 93 40 60 - - -

1. Includes a small number of cases where sentence length is unknown

2. Excludes a small number of cases which resulted in detention of a child aged under 16.

3. Excludes life sentences.

4. Average sentence length figures for some categories may be underestimated slightly due to late recording of some High Court disposals.

Table 10(b) People receiving a custodial sentence by gender, main crime/offence and length of sentence, 2012-13

Main crime or offence Male Female
Total1,2 (Percentages) Total1 (Percentages)
Up to 3 months Over 3 months to 6 months Over 6 months to 2 years Over 2 years to less than 4 years 4 years and over including life etc Up to 3 months Over 3 months to 6 months Over 6 months to 2 years Over 2 years to less than 4 years 4 years and over including life etc
All crimes and offences 13,463 29 37 26 5 3 1,284 38 39 19 2 1
All crimes 9,005 28 32 29 6 5 908 40 36 19 3 1
Non-sexual crimes of violence 1,171 1 4 52 23 20 78 3 6 58 18 16
Homicide 83 - - 6 4 90 7 - - - 14 86
Serious assault and attempted murder 667 * 2 57 25 16 44 - 7 64 20 9
Robbery 372 1 7 53 26 13 24 - 4 71 17 8
Other non-sexual violence 49 12 24 43 12 8 3 67 33 - - -
Sexual crimes 292 2 10 35 16 38 - - - - - -
Rape and attempted rape 71 - - 3 6 91 - - - - - -
Sexual assault 97 - 11 40 26 23 - - - - - -
Prostitution - - - - - - - - - - - -
Other sexual crimes 124 4 15 50 14 18 - - - - - -
Crimes of dishonesty 3,800 33 46 21 1 * 472 41 46 13 * -
Housebreaking 726 10 41 45 3 * 13 15 69 15 - -
Theft by opening a lockfast place 109 17 48 33 2 - 1 - 100 - - -
Theft from a motor vehicle 82 27 55 18 - - 1 - 100 - - -
Theft of a motor vehicle 114 20 56 23 1 - 2 50 50 - - -
Shoplifting 1,524 46 46 8 - - 319 47 47 7 - -
Other theft 749 29 51 19 1 * 70 30 47 23 - -
Fraud 143 13 36 43 6 1 35 34 43 23 - -
Other dishonesty 353 49 37 12 1 1 31 32 19 42 6 -
Fire-raising, vandalism etc. 353 32 37 27 3 1 32 41 34 25 - -
Fire-raising 57 7 12 63 14 4 5 - 40 60 - -
Vandalism etc. 296 37 42 21 1 - 27 48 33 19 - -
Other crimes 3,389 34 28 29 6 3 326 47 29 20 4 *
Crimes against public justice 1,682 58 34 7 * * 191 70 26 4 1 -
Handling an offensive weapon 635 6 27 63 4 * 19 - 47 47 5 -
Drugs 1,006 13 16 45 17 9 107 18 27 44 10 1
Other crime 66 15 58 18 8 2 9 11 78 11 - -
All offences 4,458 30 47 22 1 * 376 35 46 19 1 -
Miscellaneous offences 4,034 32 47 20 1 * 367 35 46 19 1 -
Common assault 1,964 21 48 29 2 * 213 29 47 23 - -
Breach of the peace 1,706 42 46 12 * * 120 50 43 7 - -
Drunkenness 3 67 33 - - - - - - - - -
Other miscellaneous 361 37 48 10 1 3 34 21 41 32 6 -
Motor vehicle offences 424 11 48 42 * - 9 22 67 11 - -
Dangerous and careless driving 79 4 41 54 1 - 2 - 50 50 - -
Drink/drug driving 94 18 67 15 - - 5 20 80 - - -
Speeding - - - - - - - - - - - -
Unlawful use of vehicle 246 9 42 48 - - 2 50 50 - - -
Vehicle defect offences - - - - - - - - - - - -
Other motor vehicle 5 40 60 - - - - - - - - -

1. Includes a small number of cases where sentence length is unknown.

2. Excludes a small number of cases which resulted in detention of a child aged under 16.

Table 10(c) Average length of custodial sentence in days, by main crime/offence, 2003-04 to 2012-13

Main crime or offence1 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
All crimes and offences 257 238 229 232 248 263 284 278 286 283
All crimes 300 283 274 281 299 310 332 322 336 336
Non-sexual crimes of violence 964 884 882 905 926 906 904 881 930 884
Homicide 2,056 2,191 1,927 1,957 2,630 2,329 2,201 2,304 2,206 2,367
Serious assault and attempted murder 906 870 892 898 877 887 917 926 977 876
Robbery 942 666 726 818 727 804 761 819 812 794
Other non-sexual violence 592 601 770 566 658 510 529 271 482 468
Sexual crimes 1,047 1,254 1,034 1,224 1,291 1,342 1,304 1,213 1,265 1,283
Rape and attempted rape 1,931 1,960 2,191 2,074 2,682 2,543 2,280 2,074 2,224 2,414
Sexual assault 817 960 830 1,133 948 1,099 1,195 1,380 1,244 1,070
Prostitution - 365 395 96 284 403 183 185 540 -
Other sexual crimes 799 1,011 622 710 764 1,060 955 798 832 808
Crimes of dishonesty 137 128 128 133 137 142 151 154 165 166
Housebreaking 207 193 211 211 228 223 242 256 267 265
Theft by opening a lockfast place 163 148 111 127 132 150 171 169 190 214
Theft from a motor vehicle 133 126 135 129 122 146 162 176 156 154
Theft of a motor vehicle 156 120 120 135 133 158 159 151 183 174
Shoplifting 97 97 93 90 94 98 101 106 116 114
Other theft 125 134 124 119 128 137 156 159 167 162
Fraud 228 150 180 245 206 224 226 230 220 270
Other dishonesty 125 102 126 146 167 143 165 137 164 171
Fire-raising, vandalism etc.. 125 140 138 168 188 176 198 194 217 214
Fire-raising 395 450 385 507 469 447 470 555 683 502
Vandalism etc. 90 103 92 112 142 128 158 144 145 158
Other crimes 307 286 249 239 263 276 304 308 291 293
Crimes against public justice 79 89 84 74 88 95 100 112 114 111
Handling an offensive weapon 116 111 118 161 218 261 271 288 312 346
Drugs 655 629 584 548 559 545 576 575 535 569
Other crime 1,415 326 159 221 215 183 659 155 260 256
All offences 153 137 132 131 140 160 171 175 181 175
Miscellaneous offences 138 125 121 123 132 156 168 171 178 172
Common assault 172 154 148 149 153 174 199 195 204 197
Breach of the peace 88 85 80 83 87 109 115 124 136 135
Drunkenness 27 27 30 38 - 45 32 29 76 97
Other miscellaneous 223 153 224 224 293 318 285 244 212 201
Motor vehicle offences 183 171 165 157 170 176 188 202 207 202
Dangerous and careless driving 286 233 261 212 233 230 241 289 283 262
Drink/drug driving 120 131 112 105 124 142 137 130 145 147
Speeding - - - - - - - - - -
Unlawful use of vehicle 178 165 161 161 168 174 189 204 207 206
Vehicle defect offences - - - - - - - - - -
Other motor vehicle 334 396 96 95 115 80 123 152 100 93

1. Average sentence lengths exclude life sentences and indeterminate detention.

2. Figures for some categories dealt with by the high court - including homicide, rape and major drug cases - may be underestimated slightly due to late recording of disposals - see annex B6 to B8.

Table 11 People with a charge proved by main penalty, gender and age, 2012-13

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 100,964 84,304 33 10,318 30,332 43,621 16,545 1 1,614 5,866 9,064 113
Custody 14,758 13,474 10 1,576 5,485 6,403 1,284 - 116 594 574 -
Community sentence 17,254 14,386 5 2,736 5,585 6,060 2,868 1 424 1,065 1,378 -
Monetary 53,423 45,143 1 4,059 15,818 25,265 8,169 - 533 2,702 4,934 109
Other sentence 15,529 11,301 17 1,947 3,444 5,893 4,224 - 541 1,505 2,178 4
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 83 * 10 30 43 16 * 2 6 9 *
Custody 100 91 * 11 37 43 9 - 1 4 4 -
Community sentence 100 83 * 16 32 35 17 * 2 6 8
Monetary 100 85 * 8 30 47 15 - 1 5 9 *
Other sentence 100 73 * 13 22 38 27 - 3 10 14 *
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 30 15 18 15 8 - 7 10 6 -
Community sentence 17 17 15 27 18 14 17 100 26 18 15 -
Monetary 53 54 3 39 52 58 49 - 33 46 54 96
Other sentence 15 13 52 19 11 14 26 - 34 26 24 4

1. Includes a small number of cases where age and sex are unknown

2. An investigation is underway to consider the reasons for the falls in recent years in the number of companies.

Table 12 People with a charge proved by main penalty, gender and age, 2003-04 to 2012-13

2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 % change 11-12 -12-13
Total1,2,3 128,053 129,235 127,843 134,113 133,353 125,881 121,038 115,556 108,293 100,849 -7
Males Total4 107,933 108,460 107,804 113,511 112,788 106,301 101,614 97,027 90,856 84,304 -7
Under 21 23,550 23,205 24,185 25,639 24,525 20,535 17,328 15,144 13,130 10,351 -21
21-30 40,053 39,337 38,079 40,404 41,222 38,899 37,315 35,174 32,735 30,332 -7
Over 30 44,325 45,912 45,537 47,466 47,041 46,867 46,971 46,708 44,991 43,621 -3
Females Total4 20,120 20,775 20,039 20,602 20,565 19,580 19,424 18,529 17,437 16,545 -5
Under 21 2,944 2,909 2,937 3,264 3,306 2,830 2,511 2,228 1,952 1,615 -17
21-30 7,494 7,652 7,387 7,401 7,387 7,313 7,010 6,572 5,989 5,866 -2
Over 30 9,680 10,214 9,715 9,935 9,872 9,437 9,903 9,727 9,496 9,064 -5
Custody 14,784 15,010 15,082 16,758 16,761 16,944 15,801 15,312 15,911 14,758 -7
Males Total4 13,684 13,809 13,939 15,583 15,486 15,591 14,521 14,010 14,543 13,474 -7
Under 21 2,620 2,521 2,803 3,070 2,986 2,856 2,601 2,013 2,049 1,586 -23
21-30 6,726 6,478 6,030 6,684 6,864 6,718 6,154 6,074 6,036 5,485 -9
Over 30 4,338 4,809 5,106 5,829 5,636 6,017 5,766 5,923 6,458 6,403 -1
Females Total4 1,100 1,201 1,143 1,175 1,275 1,353 1,280 1,302 1,368 1,284 -6
Under 21 211 191 125 200 182 182 175 168 160 116 -28
21-30 542 611 563 592 615 682 581 588 620 594 -4
Over 30 347 399 455 383 478 489 524 546 588 574 -2
Community sentence 13,943 15,316 15,973 16,077 16,709 17,921 16,350 15,617 16,934 17,254 2
Males Total4 11,624 12,821 13,355 13,566 13,886 14,955 13,484 12,979 14,087 14,386 2
Under 21 3,583 3,914 4,158 4,486 4,471 4,608 3,640 3,446 3,292 2,741 -17
21-30 4,435 4,832 4,920 4,878 4,935 5,303 5,037 4,697 5,246 5,585 6
Over 30 3,606 4,075 4,277 4,202 4,480 5,044 4,807 4,836 5,549 6,060 9
Females Total4 2,319 2,495 2,618 2,511 2,823 2,966 2,866 2,638 2,847 2,868 1
Under 21 478 529 532 633 667 593 559 453 433 425 -2
21-30 987 1,042 1,126 926 1,092 1,176 1,013 1,020 1,014 1,065 5
Over 30 854 924 960 952 1,064 1,197 1,294 1,165 1,400 1,378 -2
Monetary 85,647 84,468 81,862 84,541 83,105 73,980 72,487 67,558 59,243 53,312 -10
Males Total4 72,573 71,134 69,505 72,051 71,058 63,241 61,480 57,350 50,260 45,143 -10
Under 21 14,389 13,765 14,029 14,646 13,597 9,886 8,462 7,070 5,365 4,060 -24
21-30 25,771 24,840 23,884 25,214 25,791 23,102 22,258 20,357 17,798 15,818 -11
Over 30 32,409 32,524 31,589 32,189 31,670 30,253 30,760 29,922 27,097 25,265 -7
Females Total4 13,074 13,334 12,357 12,490 12,047 10,739 11,007 10,208 8,983 8,169 -9
Under 21 1,549 1,494 1,507 1,572 1,569 1,206 1,061 909 746 533 -29
21-30 4,572 4,611 4,254 4,253 4,140 3,754 3,818 3,381 2,907 2,702 -7
Over 30 6,952 7,229 6,596 6,663 6,338 5,779 6,128 5,916 5,330 4,934 -7
Other sentence 13,679 14,441 14,926 16,737 16,778 17,036 16,400 17,069 16,205 15,525 -4
Males Total4 10,052 10,696 11,005 12,311 12,358 12,514 12,129 12,688 11,966 11,301 -6
Under 21 2,958 3,005 3,195 3,437 3,471 3,185 2,625 2,615 2,424 1,964 -19
21-30 3,121 3,187 3,245 3,628 3,632 3,776 3,866 4,046 3,655 3,444 -6
Over 30 3,972 4,504 4,565 5,246 5,255 5,553 5,638 6,027 5,887 5,893 0
Females Total4 3,627 3,745 3,921 4,426 4,420 4,522 4,271 4,381 4,239 4,224 0
Under 21 706 695 773 859 888 849 716 698 613 541 -12
21-30 1,393 1,388 1,444 1,630 1,540 1,701 1,598 1,583 1,448 1,505 4
Over 30 1,527 1,662 1,704 1,937 1,992 1,972 1,957 2,100 2,178 2,178 0

1. Includes people with sentence unknown.

2. Excludes people with gender unknown.

3. Excludes companies.

4. Includes people with age unknown.

Table 13 Bail orders made by type of court, 2003-04 to 2012-13

Number1,2
Type of court 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
All court types3 50,388 52,884 56,260 62,294 60,362 52,593 47,921 46,221 47,607 44,038
High court 369 348 297 434 305 279 261 252 299 207
Sheriff court 43,495 46,832 50,314 55,460 54,095 47,545 43,133 41,710 42,667 39,915
Justice of the Peace court 4 6,524 5,704 5,644 6,400 5,962 4,768 4,522 4,256 4,638 3,911
Per cent
Type of court 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
All court types3 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
High court 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Sheriff court 86 89 89 89 90 90 90 90 90 91
Justice of the Peace court 4 13 11 10 10 10 9 9 9 10 9
Index: 2003-04=100
Type of court 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
All court types3 100 105 112 124 120 104 95 92 94 87
High court 100 94 80 118 83 76 71 68 81 56
Sheriff court 100 108 116 128 124 109 99 96 98 92
Justice of the Peace court4 100 87 87 98 91 73 69 65 71 60

1. Excludes modifications to existing bail orders, persons counted once only where more than one bail order on same day.

2. The recording of bail orders has improved over time, so some caution is needed when comparing changes from earlier years.

3. Includes some records where court type is not assigned.

4. Includes District courts up to 2009-10 and the Stipendiary Magistrates court - more details in annex E.11.

Table 14 Bail orders made by gender and age, 2009-10 to 2012-13

2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total
Sex
Male 40,468 84 39,019 84 39,982 84 36,781 84
Female 7,448 16 7,201 16 7,620 16 7,254 16
Age
Under 21 10,153 21 9,630 21 8,931 19 6,973 16
21-30 17,917 37 17,001 37 17,774 37 16,431 37
Over 30 19,850 41 19,589 42 20,902 44 20,633 47
Total1,2,3 47,921 100 46,221 100 47,607 100 44,038 100

1. Contains a small number of bail orders where gender and/or age are unknown.

2. Excludes modifications to existing bail orders. People counted once only where more than one bail order on same day.

3. Totals include people where main offence not known, and where bail was granted following the lodging of an appeal.

Table 15 Bail orders made by main charge, 2003-04 to 2012-13

Year Non-sexual crimes of violence Sexual crimes Crimes of dishonesty Fire-raising vandalism etc. Handling an offensive weapon Drug offences Other crimes Common assault Breach of the peace Miscellaneous offences Motor vehicle offences Unknown1
Number
2003-04 4,078 973 12,279 2,976 2,340 3,126 4,582 8,573 4,836 1,984 4,527 22 50,388
2004-05 4,239 1,078 12,126 3,320 2,633 3,344 4,445 9,885 5,770 2,092 3,857 21 52,884
2005-06 4,147 1,199 11,538 3,599 2,819 3,533 5,281 10,946 6,668 2,563 3,861 8 56,260
2006-07 4,207 1,164 12,414 4,067 3,371 3,909 6,314 12,675 7,297 2,423 4,315 44 62,294
2007-08 2,342 704 6,737 2,250 1,922 2,123 3,773 7,077 4,125 1,235 2,211 25,819 60,362
2008-09 - - - - - - - - - - - 52,593 52,593
2009-10 3,295 815 8,429 2,985 2,313 3,152 6,026 10,788 6,017 2,362 1,672 28 47,921
2010-11 3,421 765 8,478 2,696 2,193 2,949 6,086 10,267 5,500 2,157 1,672 19 46,221
2011-12 3,285 915 8,365 2,734 2,121 2,853 6,343 10,851 6,263 2,243 1,595 28 47,607
2012-13 2,570 1,003 7,565 2,496 1,637 2,735 5,852 9,887 5,995 2,573 1,680 35 44,038
Percentage of total5
2003-04 8 2 24 6 5 6 9 17 10 4 9 * 100
2004-05 8 2 23 6 5 6 8 19 11 4 7 * 100
2005-06 7 2 21 6 5 6 9 19 12 5 7 * 100
2006-07 7 2 20 7 5 6 10 20 12 4 7 * 100
2007-08 7 2 20 7 6 6 11 20 12 4 6 - 100
2008-09 - - - - - - - - - - - - 100
2009-10 7 2 18 6 5 7 13 23 13 5 3 * 100
2010-11 7 2 18 6 5 6 13 22 12 5 4 * 100
2011-12 7 2 18 6 4 6 13 23 13 5 3 * 100
2012-13 6 2 17 6 4 6 13 22 14 6 4 * 100

1. A breakdown of bail orders by the main charge is not available for the period from 20 October 2007 to 31 March 2009. More details in Annex B.

2. The recording of bail orders has improved over time, so some caution is needed when comparing changes from earlier years.

3. Includes in 2012-13, 10 persons where bail was granted following the lodging of an appeal. Other years also include some numbers of these cases. As a result of these appeals, row totals do not equal the sum of the main charges.

4. Excludes modifications to existing bail orders, persons counted once only where more than one bail order on same day.

5. Percentage of bail orders made where crime/offence type is known.

Table 16 Number and percentage of bail orders issued to individuals accused of crimes or offences, by gender and age, 2012-13

Number
1 2 3 >3 Total
Gender
Female 4,243 712 248 179 5,382
Male 21,242 4,087 1,257 771 27,357
Age
Under 21 3,418 823 274 238 4,753
21-30 9,190 1,896 611 340 12,037
Over 30 12,878 2,080 620 372 15,950
Total1,2 25,487 4,799 1,505 950 32,741
Per cent
1 2 3 >3 Total
Gender
Female 79 13 5 3 100
Male 78 15 5 3 100
Age
Under 21 72 17 6 5 100
21-30 76 16 5 3 100
Over 30 81 13 4 2 100
Total1,2 78 15 5 3 100

1. Contains a small number of bail orders where gender and/or age are unknown.

2. Excludes modifications to existing bail orders. People counted once only where more than one bail order on the same day.

Table 17 Undertakings to appear in court, by gender and age, 2008-09 and 2012-131

2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total
Gender2
Male 20,662 79 21,384 78 20,243 77 17,329 76
Female 5,461 21 5,912 22 5,953 23 5,489 24
Not known 3 * 1 * 4 * 1 *
Age2
Under 21 6,500 25 6,297 23 5,483 21 4,244 19
21-30 8,807 34 9,468 35 8,978 34 7,824 34
Over 30 10,818 41 11,532 42 11,739 45 10,749 47
Not known 2 * - - - - 2 *
Total 26,127 100 27,297 100 26,200 100 22,819 100

1. Gender and date of birth were added to the main collection of bail data from 2009-10.

2. Excludes modifications to existing undertakings. People counted once only where more than one undertaking on the same day.

Table 18 Bail-related Offences with a Charge Proved, 2003-04 to 2012-13

2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 % change 2011-12 to 2012-13
All bail-related offences: 5,839 6,100 5,996 7,438 8,025 9,098 8,363 8,261 8,860 8,438 -5
Bail-related offences as a percentage of bail orders made 12 12 11 12 13 17 17 18 19 19
Court:
High Court 42 38 43 34 35 35 15 27 20 16 -20
Sheriff Solemn 243 233 294 332 352 275 222 227 209 224 7
Sheriff Summary 5,174 5,576 5,415 6,836 7,436 8,227 7,477 7,358 7,964 7,632 -4
Justice of the Peace 380 253 244 236 202 556 649 649 667 566 -15
Age:
Under 21 1,574 1,781 1,763 2,560 2,639 2,580 2,292 2,051 2,146 1,807 -16
21-30 2,555 2,344 2,177 2,486 2,773 3,394 3,081 3,111 3,290 3,157 -4
Over 30 1,710 1,975 2,056 2,392 2,613 3,124 2,990 3,099 3,424 3,474 1
Gender:
Male 5,056 5,349 5,235 6,622 7,145 7,911 7,316 7,214 7,758 7,248 -7
Female 783 751 761 816 880 1,187 1,047 1,046 1,102 1,190 8
Main result of proceedings:
Custody 1,447 1,476 1,717 2,174 2,268 2,275 2,197 2,083 2,220 2,115 -5
Community 1,085 1,297 1,243 1,461 1,625 1,795 1,473 1,464 1,520 1,678 10
Monetary 1,444 1,449 1,354 1,703 1,889 2,267 1,916 1,818 1,922 1,677 -13
Other 1,863 1,878 1,682 2,100 2,243 2,761 2,777 2,896 3,198 2,968 -7

Table 19 People given police disposals by disposal type, 2008-09 to 2012-13

2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 % change
2011-12 to 2012-13
All police disposals1 61,609 74,260 66,011 67,606 68,678 2%
Anti-social behaviour fixed penalty notice (ASBFPN) 48,462 61,234 54,345 53,665 54,665 2%
Police formal adult warning 7,828 8,386 7,517 8,446 8,233 -2%
Police restorative justice warning 2,479 2,326 1,726 996 567 -43%
Other police warnings2 315 201 304 2,330 3,887 67%
Warning letter (Police/Children's Reporter)3 2,525 2,113 2,119 2,169 1,326 -39%

1. Includes a small number of records where age and/or gender are unknown.

2. Mainly verbal warnings, but also includes prostitute warnings and community warning notices.

3. Not possible to separately identify the numbers issued by the police or the children's reporter.

Table 20 Males given ASBFPNs, by main crime/offence and age, 2012-13

Number Per cent
Main crime or offence Under 21 21-30 Over 30 Total Under 21 21-30 Over 30 Total
Total1 13,320 19,492 14,963 47,775 100 100 100 100
Riotous behaviour while drunk in licensed premises - - - - - - - -
Refusing to leave licensed premises 122 291 253 666 1 1 2 1
Urinating etc. 3,053 6,665 4,012 13,730 23 34 27 29
Drunk & incapable 133 199 385 717 1 1 3 2
Drunk in charge of child 3 6 5 14 * * * *
Loud music etc. 44 105 74 223 * 1 * *
Vandalism 251 193 97 541 2 1 1 1
Consuming alcohol in public place 6,218 7,242 6,698 20,158 47 37 45 42
Breach of the peace 3,492 4,783 3,436 11,711 26 25 23 25
Malicious mischief 4 6 1 11 * * * *
Offensive behaviour at football and threatening communications - 2 2 4 - * * *

1. Excludes a small number of records where age and / or gender are unknown.

Table 21 Females given ASBFPNs, by main crime/offence and age, 2012-13

Number Per cent
Main crime or offence Under 21 21-30 Over 30 Total Under 21 21-30 Over 30 Total
Total1 2,152 2,397 2,333 6,882 100 100 100 100
Riotous behaviour while drunk in licensed premises - - - - - - - -
Refusing to leave licensed premises 9 30 46 85 * 1 2 1
Urinating etc. 169 199 116 484 8 8 5 7
Drunk & incapable 32 54 109 195 1 2 5 3
Drunk in charge of child - - 2 2 - - * *
Loud music etc. 49 63 34 146 2 3 1 2
Vandalism 23 24 27 74 1 1 1 1
Consuming alcohol in public place 1,141 1,038 914 3,093 53 43 39 45
Breach of the peace 729 989 1,085 2,803 34 41 47 41
Malicious mischief - - - - - - - -
Offensive behaviour at football and threatening communications - - - - - - - -

1. Excludes a small number of records where age and / or gender are unknown.

Table 22 Males given Formal Adult Warnings by main crime/offence and age, 2012-13

Number Per cent
Main crime or offence Under 21 21-30 Over 30 Total Under 21 21-30 Over 30 Total
All crimes and offences1 1,017 1,264 2,721 5,002 100 100 100 100
All crimes 501 486 899 1,886 49 38 33 38
Non-sexual crimes of violence - - 3 3 - - * *
Homicide - - - - - - - -
Serious assault and attempted murder - - - - - - - -
Robbery - - - - - - - -
Other violence - - 3 3 - - - -
Sexual crimes 1 - 2 3 * - * *
Rape and attempted rape - - - - - - - -
Sexual assault - - - - - - - -
Prostitution - - 2 2 - - * *
Other sexual crimes 1 - - 1 * - - *
Crimes of dishonesty 362 412 828 1,602 36 33 30 32
Housebreaking 3 - - 3 * - - *
Theft by opening a lockfast place 1 - - 1 * - - *
Theft from a motor vehicle - - - - - - - -
Theft of a motor vehicle - - 1 1 - - * *
Shoplifting 188 281 646 1,115 18 22 24 22
Other theft 66 92 152 310 6 7 6 6
Fraud 97 37 26 160 10 3 1 3
Other dishonesty 7 2 3 12 1 * * *
Fire-raising, vandalism, etc. 129 60 59 248 13 5 2 5
Fire-raising 6 - 1 7 1 - * *
Vandalism, etc. 123 60 58 241 12 5 2 5
Other crimes 9 14 7 30 1 1 * 1
Crimes against public justice 6 12 6 24 1 1 * *
Handling an offensive weapon 1 - - 1 * - - *
Drugs 2 2 - 4 * * - *
Other crime - - 1 1 - - * *
All offences 516 778 1,822 3,116 51 62 67 62
Miscellaneous offences 514 776 1,809 3,099 51 61 66 62
Common assault 143 177 339 659 14 14 12 13
Breach of the peace 127 125 286 538 12 10 11 11
Drunkenness 81 223 885 1,189 8 18 33 24
Urinating etc. 20 55 44 119 2 4 2 2
Alcohol byelaw offences 82 107 94 283 8 8 3 6
Litter offences 15 16 11 42 1 1 * 1
Communications act offences 4 12 17 33 * 1 1 1
Other offences 42 61 133 236 4 5 5 5
Motor vehicle offences 2 2 13 17 * * * *
Dangerous and careless driving - - 3 3 - - * *
Drink/drug driving - - - - - - - -
Speeding - - - - - - - -
Unlawful use of vehicle 1 - 4 5 * - * *
Vehicle defect offences - 1 - 1 - * - *
Other vehicle 1 1 6 8 * * * *

1. Excludes a small number of records where age and / or gender are unknown.

Table 23 Females given Formal Adult Warnings by main crime/offence and age, 2012-13

Number Per cent
Main crime or offence Under 21 21-30 Over 30 Total Under 21 21-30 Over 30 Total
All crimes and offences1 674 815 1,738 3,227 100 100 100 100
All crimes 395 476 1,060 1,931 59 58 61 60
Non-sexual crimes of violence - - 1 1 - - * *
Homicide - - - - - - - -
Serious assault and attempted murder - - - - - - - -
Robbery - - - - - - - -
Other violence - - 1 1 - - * *
Sexual crimes 1 3 5 9 * * * *
Rape and attempted rape - - - - - - - -
Sexual assault - - - - - - - -
Prostitution 1 3 5 9 * * * *
Other sexual crimes - - - - - - - -
Crimes of dishonesty 365 449 1,027 1,841 54 55 59 57
Housebreaking - - - - - - - -
Theft by opening a lockfast place - - - - - - - -
Theft from a motor vehicle - - - - - - - -
Theft of a motor vehicle - - - - - - - -
Shoplifting 229 364 877 1,470 34 45 50 46
Other theft 27 48 77 152 4 6 4 5
Fraud 109 36 72 217 16 4 4 7
Other dishonesty - 1 1 2 - * * *
Fire-raising, vandalism, etc. 17 18 23 58 3 2 1 2
Fire-raising 1 - - 1 * - - *
Vandalism, etc. 16 18 23 57 2 2 1 2
Other crimes 12 6 4 22 2 1 * 1
Crimes against public justice 11 6 4 21 2 1 * 1
Handling an offensive weapon 1 - - 1 * - - *
Drugs - - - - - - - -
Other crime - - - - - - - -
All offences 279 339 678 1,296 41 42 39 40
Miscellaneous offences 278 336 672 1,286 41 41 39 40
Common assault 126 120 197 443 19 15 11 14
Breach of the peace 55 88 185 328 8 11 11 10
Drunkenness 41 63 224 328 6 8 13 10
Urinating etc. 1 3 - 4 * * - *
Alcohol byelaw offences 30 34 15 79 4 4 1 2
Litter offences 3 2 1 6 * * * *
Communications act offences 10 6 14 30 1 1 1 1
Other offences 12 20 36 68 2 2 2 2
Motor vehicle offences 1 3 6 10 * * * *
Dangerous and careless driving 1 - - 1 * - - *
Drink/drug driving - - - - - - - -
Speeding - - - - - - - -
Unlawful use of vehicle - - - - - - - -
Vehicle defect offences - 1 - 1 - * - *
Other vehicle - 2 6 8 - * * *

1. Excludes a small number of records where age and / or gender are unknown.

Table 24 People given COPFS disposals by disposal type, 2008-09 to 2012-13

2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 % change
2011-12 to 2012-13
All COPFS disposals 62,829 59,108 60,099 67,341 72,840 8
Fiscal fine 38,419 36,057 35,604 42,184 47,819 13
Fiscal fixed penalty 18,092 18,592 20,357 21,067 21,638 3
Fiscal combined fine + compensation 1,405 2,030 2,195 2,713 2,326 -14
Fiscal compensation 1,992 1,985 1,838 1,322 1,021 -23
Fiscal fixed penalties (Pre-SJR) 2,921 444 105 55 36 -35

Table 25 Males given fiscal fines, by main crime/offence and age, 2012-13

Number Per cent
Main crime or offence Under 21 21-30 Over 30 Total Under 21 21-30 Over 30 Total
All crimes and offences1 4,907 10,650 14,881 30,438 100 100 100 100
All crimes 3,010 5,520 5,756 14,286 61 52 39 47
Non-sexual crimes of violence 1 - - 1 * - - *
Homicide - - - - - - - -
Serious assault and attempted murder - - - - - - - -
Robbery - - - - - - - -
Other violence 1 - - 1 * - - *
Sexual crimes 2 11 13 26 * * * *
Rape and attempted rape - - - - - - - -
Sexual assault - - - - - - - -
Prostitution 1 4 12 17 * * * *
Other sexual crimes 1 7 1 9 * * * *
Crimes of dishonesty 387 913 1,788 3,088 8 9 12 10
Housebreaking - - - - - - - -
Theft by opening a lockfast place 1 1 5 7 * * * *
Theft from a motor vehicle - - - - - - - -
Theft of a motor vehicle - - - - - - - -
Shoplifting 224 628 1,441 2,293 5 6 10 8
Other theft 127 207 248 582 3 2 2 2
Fraud 18 54 53 125 * 1 * *
Other dishonesty 17 23 41 81 * * * *
Fire-raising, vandalism, etc. 126 148 74 348 3 1 * 1
Fire-raising - - - - - - - -
Vandalism, etc. 126 148 74 348 3 1 * 1
Other crimes 2,494 4,448 3,881 10,823 51 42 26 36
Crimes against public justice 52 89 93 234 1 1 1 1
Handling an offensive weapon - - - - - - - -
Drugs 2,442 4,359 3,788 10,589 50 41 25 35
Other crime - - - - - - - -
All offences 1,897 5,130 9,125 16,152 39 48 61 53
Miscellaneous offences 1,823 4,568 7,779 14,170 37 43 52 47
Common assault 207 401 396 1,004 4 4 3 3
Breach of the peace 649 1,158 1,230 3,037 13 11 8 10
Drunkenness 30 79 155 264 1 1 1 1
Urinating etc. 76 200 218 494 2 2 1 2
Alcohol byelaw offences 553 967 1,546 3,066 11 9 10 10
Litter offences 120 278 311 709 2 3 2 2
Communications act offences 102 1,253 3,538 4,893 2 12 24 16
Other offences 86 232 385 703 2 2 3 2
Motor vehicle offences 74 562 1,346 1,982 2 5 9 7
Dangerous and careless driving - - - - - - - -
Drink/drug driving - - - - - - - -
Speeding - 1 8 9 - * * *
Unlawful use of vehicle 74 555 1,307 1,936 2 5 9 6
Vehicle defect offences - 1 - 1 - * - *
Other vehicle - 5 31 36 - * * *

1. Excludes a small number of records where age and / or gender are unknown.

Table 26 Females given fiscal fines, by main crime/offence and age, 2012-13

Number Per cent
Main crime or offence Under 21 21-30 Over 30 Total Under 21 21-30 Over 30 Total
All crimes and offences1 1,003 5,958 10,399 17,360 100 100 100 100
All crimes 327 994 1,618 2,939 33 17 16 17
Non-sexual crimes of violence - - - - - - - -
Homicide - - - - - - - -
Serious assault and attempted murder - - - - - - - -
Robbery - - - - - - - -
Other violence - - - - - - - -
Sexual crimes - 1 2 3 - * * *
Rape and attempted rape - - - - - - - -
Sexual assault - - - - - - - -
Prostitution - 1 2 3 - * * *
Other sexual crimes - - - - - - - -
Crimes of dishonesty 147 574 1,060 1,781 15 10 10 10
Housebreaking - - - - - - - -
Theft by opening a lockfast place - 1 - 1 - * - *
Theft from a motor vehicle - - - - - - - -
Theft of a motor vehicle - - - - - - - -
Shoplifting 115 495 926 1,536 11 8 9 9
Other theft 20 41 82 143 2 1 1 1
Fraud 10 30 40 80 1 1 * *
Other dishonesty 2 7 12 21 * * * *
Fire-raising, vandalism, etc. 17 15 8 40 2 * * *
Fire-raising - - - - - - - -
Vandalism, etc. 17 15 8 40 2 * * *
Other crimes 163 404 548 1,115 16 7 5 6
Crimes against public justice 9 19 17 45 1 * * *
Handling an offensive weapon - - - - - - - -
Drugs 154 385 531 1,070 15 6 5 6
Other crime - - - - - - - -
All offences 676 4,964 8,781 14,421 67 83 84 83
Miscellaneous offences 659 4,802 8,347 13,808 66 81 80 80
Common assault 67 136 154 357 7 2 1 2
Breach of the peace 123 301 386 810 12 5 4 5
Drunkenness - 10 27 37 - * * *
Urinating etc. 6 8 5 19 1 * * *
Alcohol byelaw offences 76 172 235 483 8 3 2 3
Litter offences 57 162 199 418 6 3 2 2
Communications act offences 304 3,950 7,250 11,504 30 66 70 66
Other offences 26 63 91 180 3 1 1 1
Motor vehicle offences 17 162 434 613 2 3 4 4
Dangerous and careless driving - - - - - - - -
Drink/drug driving - - - - - - - -
Speeding - - 2 2 - - * *
Unlawful use of vehicle 17 162 426 605 2 3 4 3
Vehicle defect offences - - - - - - - -
Other vehicle - - 6 6 - - * *

1. Excludes a small number of records where age and / or gender are unknown.

Table 27 Males given fiscal fixed penalties by main crime/offence and age, 2012-13

Number Per cent
Main crime or offence Under 21 21-30 Over 30 Total Under 21 21-30 Over 30 Total
Total1 842 4,752 11,388 16,982 100 100 100 100
Serious driving offences - - - - - - - -
Speeding offences 164 1,334 4,161 5,659 19 28 37 33
Signal and direction offences 98 479 1,362 1,939 12 10 12 11
Lighting, construction & use offences 143 344 649 1,136 17 7 6 7
Documentation offences 185 854 1,803 2,842 22 18 16 17
Other motor vehicle offences2 250 1,733 3,405 5,388 30 36 30 32
Non-motor vehicle offences3 2 8 8 18 * * * *

1. Excludes a small number of records where age and / or gender are unknown.

2. Contains a number of other offences, however around a half of fixed penalties given for this group were for mobile phone offences and half were seatbelt offences.

3. Contains bicycle offences and roadworks offences.

Table 28 Females given fiscal fixed penalties by main crime/offence and age, 2012-13

Number Per cent
Main crime or offence Under 21 21-30 Over 30 Total Under 21 21-30 Over 30 Total
Total1 183 1,343 3,116 4,642 100 100 100 100
Serious driving offences - - - - - - - -
Speeding offences 49 459 1,287 1,795 27 34 41 39
Signal and direction offences 25 208 483 716 14 15 16 15
Lighting, construction & use offences 15 61 111 187 8 5 4 4
Documentation offences 48 259 605 912 26 19 19 20
Other motor vehicle offences2 44 354 627 1,025 24 26 20 22
Non-motor vehicle offences3 2 2 2 6 1 * * *

1. Excludes a small number of records where age and / or gender are unknown.

2. Contains a number of other offences, however around a two thirds of fixed penalties given for this group were for mobile phone offences and a third were seatbelt offences.

3. Contains bicycle offences and roadworks offences.

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