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Criminal proceedings in Scotland 2016-17: statistics

Statistics on criminal proceedings concluded in Scottish courts and alternatives to prosecution, issued by the police and by the Crown Office.

Number

Type of court	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
All court types	133,608	125,893	121,041	115,581	108,424	101,019	105,664	106,583	99,962	92,334
High court ^1,2	862	810	769	706	765	708	704	593	603	642
Sheriff solemn	5,195	4,533	4,223	4,022	4,141	4,293	4,181	4,748	4,986	4,719
Sheriff summary ³	85,703	78,329	69,773	65,360	64,264	60,055	59,205	59,918	59,224	55,489
Justice of the Peace court ⁴	41,848	42,221	46,276	45,493	39,254	35,963	41,574	41,324	35,149	31,484

Per cent

Type of court	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
All court types	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
High court ^1,2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Sheriff solemn	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5
Sheriff summary ³	64	62	58	57	59	59	56	56	59	60
Justice of the Peace court ⁴	31	34	38	39	36	36	39	39	35	34

Index: 2007-08=100

Type of court	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
All court types	100	94	91	87	81	76	79	80	75	69
High court ^1,2	100	94	89	82	89	82	82	69	70	74
Sheriff solemn	100	87	81	77	80	83	80	91	96	91
Sheriff summary ³	100	91	81	76	75	70	69	70	69	65
Justice of the Peace court ⁴	100	101	111	109	94	86	99	99	84	75

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

2. The figures for 2015-16, and to an extent earlier years, may be underestimated due to late recording of disposals. See annex notes B13 to B16.

3. Includes the stipendiary magistrates court in Glasgow.

4. Includes District courts up to 2009-10.

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