Publication - Statistics

CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN SCOTLAND 2014-15

Published: 23 February 2016
ISBN: 9781786520364

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.

Supporting documents

Table 12: People with a charge proved by main penalty, sex and age, 2005-06 to 2014-15

		2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	% change 13-14 to 14-15
Total¹		128,204	134,413	133,607	125,892	121,041	115,575	108,388	101,015	105,626	106,507	1
Males²	Total	107,802	113,510	112,787	106,299	101,613	97,036	90,866	84,344	87,948	88,593	1
	Under 21	24,185	25,639	24,525	20,535	17,328	15,145	13,130	10,358	9,184	8,624	-6
	21-30	38,079	40,404	41,222	38,899	37,315	35,176	32,742	30,338	30,690	30,138	-2
	Over 30	45,538	47,467	47,040	46,865	46,970	46,715	44,994	43,648	48,074	49,831	4
Females²	Total	20,039	20,600	20,565	19,581	19,424	18,530	17,437	16,556	17,590	17,908	2
	Under 21	2,937	3,264	3,306	2,830	2,511	2,228	1,952	1,616	1,429	1,448	1
	21-30	7,387	7,401	7,387	7,314	7,010	6,573	5,989	5,872	5,656	5,513	-3
	Over 30	9,715	9,935	9,872	9,437	9,903	9,729	9,496	9,068	10,505	10,947	4
Custody¹		15,081	16,758	16,761	16,944	15,800	15,313	15,921	14,785	14,142	13,977	-1
Males²	Total	13,938	15,583	15,486	15,591	14,520	14,011	14,553	13,496	12,930	12,689	-2
	Under 21	2,803	3,070	2,986	2,856	2,601	2,014	2,049	1,588	1,235	1,137	-8
	21-30	6,029	6,684	6,864	6,718	6,154	6,073	6,043	5,487	5,008	4,956	-1
	Over 30	5,106	5,829	5,636	6,017	5,765	5,924	6,461	6,421	6,687	6,596	-1
Females²	Total	1,143	1,175	1,275	1,353	1,280	1,302	1,368	1,289	1,212	1,288	6
	Under 21	125	200	182	182	175	168	160	116	83	84	1
	21-30	563	592	615	682	581	588	620	598	491	482	-2
	Over 30	455	383	478	489	524	546	588	575	638	722	13
Community sentence¹		15,974	16,077	16,709	17,922	16,350	15,616	16,934	17,264	18,273	18,519	1
Males²	Total	13,356	13,566	13,886	14,955	13,484	12,978	14,087	14,396	15,244	15,450	1
	Under 21	4,158	4,486	4,471	4,608	3,640	3,446	3,292	2,743	2,635	2,509	-5
	21-30	4,921	4,878	4,935	5,303	5,037	4,696	5,246	5,590	5,674	5,752	1
	Over 30	4,277	4,202	4,480	5,044	4,807	4,836	5,549	6,063	6,935	7,189	4
Females²	Total	2,618	2,511	2,823	2,967	2,866	2,638	2,847	2,868	3,028	3,069	1
	Under 21	532	633	667	593	559	453	433	428	340	378	11
	21-30	1,126	926	1,092	1,177	1,013	1,020	1,014	1,063	1,030	1,008	-2
	Over 30	960	952	1,064	1,197	1,294	1,165	1,400	1,377	1,658	1,683	2
Monetary¹		82,194	84,820	83,344	73,991	72,491	67,576	59,320	53,429	57,795	56,843	-2
Males2	Total	69,503	72,050	71,057	63,240	61,480	57,359	50,260	45,144	48,433	47,795	-1
	Under 21	14,029	14,646	13,597	9,886	8,462	7,071	5,365	4,061	3,697	3,352	-9
	21-30	23,884	25,214	25,791	23,102	22,258	20,360	17,798	15,812	16,478	15,576	-5
	Over 30	31,590	32,190	31,669	30,252	30,760	29,928	27,097	25,271	28,258	28,867	2
Females²	Total	12,357	12,488	12,047	10,739	11,007	10,209	8,983	8,174	9,282	9,043	-3
	Under 21	1,507	1,572	1,569	1,206	1,061	909	746	530	519	533	3
	21-30	4,254	4,253	4,140	3,754	3,818	3,382	2,907	2,705	2,772	2,610	-6
	Over 30	6,596	6,663	6,338	5,779	6,128	5,918	5,330	4,939	5,991	5,900	-2
Other sentence¹		14,951	16,758	16,793	17,035	16,400	17,070	16,213	15,537	15,416	17,168	11
Males²	Total	11,005	12,311	12,358	12,513	12,129	12,688	11,966	11,308	11,341	12,659	12
	Under 21	3,195	3,437	3,471	3,185	2,625	2,614	2,424	1,966	1,617	1,626	1
	21-30	3,245	3,628	3,632	3,776	3,866	4,047	3,655	3,449	3,530	3,854	9
	Over 30	4,565	5,246	5,255	5,552	5,638	6,027	5,887	5,893	6,194	7,179	16
Females²	Total	3,921	4,426	4,420	4,522	4,271	4,381	4,239	4,225	4,068	4,508	11
	Under 21	773	859	888	849	716	698	613	542	487	453	-7
	21-30	1,444	1,630	1,540	1,701	1,598	1,583	1,448	1,506	1,363	1,413	4
	Over 30	1,704	1,937	1,992	1,972	1,957	2,100	2,178	2,177	2,218	2,642	19

1. Includes a small number of cases for companies and where age and gender are unknown.

2. Gender totals exclude companies and where age and gender are unknown. The sum of gender totals may not equal disposal totals.

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