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Publication - Statistics

Criminal proceedings in Scotland 2017-2018

Published
29 January 2019
Directorate
Safer Communities Directorate
Topic
Law and order
ISBN
9781787815186

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.

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Table 7(a) People convicted by main penalty, 2008-09 to 2017-18

Main penalty 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 % change
2016-17 to 2017-18
Total 125,893 121,041 115,581 108,424 101,019 105,664 106,584 99,962 92,347 82,716 -10
Custody 16,946 15,802 15,320 15,950 14,790 14,172 14,041 13,766 12,705 11,973 -6
Prison 13,709 12,760 12,810 13,356 12,728 12,402 12,324 12,031 11,160 10,747 -4
Young offenders institution 2,960 2,679 2,082 2,105 1,606 1,244 1,155 1,184 998 763 -24
Supervised release order 206 179 230 267 265 286 325 351 316 287 -9
Extended sentence 70 175 185 212 174 223 217 190 222 163 -27
Order for life-long restriction 1 9 13 10 17 17 20 10 9 13 44
Community sentence 17,921 16,349 15,615 16,937 17,263 18,276 18,585 18,949 18,646 16,830 -10
Community payback order - - 461 10,380 14,940 16,379 16,770 16,763 15,979 13,601 -15
Restriction of liberty order 1,143 931 831 845 919 1,078 1,174 1,643 2,204 2,691 22
Drug treatment & testing order 885 807 806 642 607 589 525 474 418 518 24
Community service order 5,784 5,471 5,306 2,642 479 141 68 40 18 6 -67
Probation and other community sentences1 10,109 9,140 8,211 2,428 318 89 48 29 27 14 -48
Financial penalty 73,991 72,491 67,576 59,320 53,429 57,797 56,779 49,872 44,946 39,260 -13
Fine 72,838 71,452 66,492 58,395 52,661 56,923 55,939 49,100 44,221 38,474 -13
Compensation order 1,153 1,039 1,084 925 768 874 840 772 725 786 8
Other sentence 17,035 16,399 17,070 16,217 15,537 15,419 17,179 17,375 16,050 14,653 -9
Admonition2 16,398 15,687 16,421 15,577 15,011 14,839 16,427 16,501 15,233 13,861 -9
Absolute discharge, no order made 412 522 460 476 361 465 660 788 688 673 -2
Remit to children's hearing 209 175 170 140 133 94 67 77 101 95 -6
Insanity, hospital, guardianship order 16 15 19 24 32 21 25 9 28 24 -14
Average amount of penalty                      
Custody (days)3 263 281 277 289 284 295 287 291 314 318
Fine (£)4,5 200 180 180 200 200 180 200 200 200 230
Compensation order (£)aw 180 180 190 200 200 200 200 200 250 285

1. Includes supervised attendance orders, community reparation orders and anti-social behaviour orders.
2. Includes a small number of court cautions and dog-related disposals.
3. Excludes company fines.
4. Calculated as the median.
5. As main or secondary penalty.

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