Criminal Proceedings in Scotland, 2019-20
A total of 85,726 people were proceeded against in Scottish criminal courts in 2019-20, a fall of 4% from 89,725 proceedings in 2018-19 The number of convictions was 75,251 in 2019-20, which is also a fall of 4% from 78,488 in 2018-19. This continues the general downward trend of the last ten years,
Table 4(c) Conviction rate[1] by main crime/offence, 2010-11 to 2019-20
Main crime or offence | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 |
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All crimes and offences | 88 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 87 | 87 | 88 |
All crimes | 86 | 85 | 84 | 84 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 86 | 85 | 85 |
Non-sexual crimes of violence | 71 | 72 | 67 | 68 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 70 | 68 | 70 |
Homicide etc | 84 | 83 | 78 | 82 | 73 | 76 | 83 | 79 | 82 | 82 |
Attempted murder and serious assault | 68 | 67 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 66 | 68 | 66 | 66 |
Robbery | 77 | 79 | 78 | 77 | 76 | 74 | 70 | 75 | 71 | 75 |
Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 84 |
Other non-sexual crimes of violence | 76 | 79 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 71 | 65 | 73 | 72 | 72 |
Sexual crimes | 82 | 81 | 74 | 74 | 71 | 73 | 69 | 71 | 69 | 71 |
Rape and attempted rape | 45 | 53 | 56 | 42 | 46 | 49 | 39 | 43 | 45 | 43 |
Sexual assault[2] | 74 | 69 | 65 | 63 | 61 | 62 | 60 | 62 | 56 | 64 |
Crimes associated with prostitution | 91 | 92 | 85 | 91 | 82 | 74 | 86 | 89 | 86 | 61 |
Other sexual crimes | 86 | 86 | 80 | 84 | 83 | 83 | 82 | 83 | 85 | 85 |
Crimes of dishonesty | 89 | 87 | 86 | 86 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 89 | 89 | 89 |
Housebreaking | 85 | 80 | 80 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 86 | 88 |
Theft by opening lockfast places | 84 | 86 | 79 | 77 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 88 | 87 | 90 |
Theft from a motor vehicle | 85 | 85 | 84 | 86 | 85 | 84 | 90 | 90 | 91 | 88 |
Theft of a motor vehicle | 75 | 67 | 67 | 62 | 71 | 72 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 71 |
Shoplifting | 94 | 93 | 93 | 92 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 93 |
Other theft | 85 | 83 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 81 | 84 | 85 | 83 |
Fraud | 87 | 88 | 82 | 83 | 87 | 80 | 83 | 83 | 83 | 85 |
Other dishonesty | 82 | 80 | 81 | 78 | 81 | 81 | 80 | 81 | 84 | 86 |
Fire-raising, vandalism, etc. | 84 | 83 | 81 | 83 | 83 | 82 | 82 | 83 | 83 | 84 |
Fire-raising | 82 | 83 | 78 | 81 | 84 | 81 | 81 | 82 | 84 | 83 |
Vandalism etc. | 84 | 83 | 82 | 83 | 83 | 82 | 82 | 84 | 83 | 84 |
Other crimes | 87 | 85 | 86 | 86 | 87 | 87 | 86 | 87 | 87 | 88 |
Crimes against public justice | 87 | 86 | 87 | 87 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 89 | 88 | 89 |
Handling offensive weapons | 83 | 80 | 77 | 80 | 80 | 79 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 84 |
Drugs | 88 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 88 | 87 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 86 |
Other crime | 90 | 93 | 91 | 92 | 92 | 89 | 93 | 97 | 91 | 94 |
All offences | 89 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 87 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 89 |
Miscellaneous offences | 83 | 82 | 82 | 81 | 80 | 80 | 81 | 83 | 83 | 84 |
Common assault | 80 | 78 | 78 | 76 | 75 | 74 | 76 | 77 | 77 | 79 |
Breach of the peace etc. | 87 | 86 | 86 | 84 | 84 | 84 | 85 | 87 | 87 | 88 |
Drunkenness and other disorderly conduct | 93 | 88 | 86 | 85 | 88 | 90 | 86 | 86 | 89 | 89 |
Urinating etc | 78 | 71 | 73 | 87 | 91 | 94 | 76 | 88 | 75 | 29 |
Other miscellaneous | 85 | 85 | 85 | 86 | 83 | 84 | 84 | 86 | 86 | 87 |
Motor vehicle offences | 94 | 94 | 94 | 94 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 94 | 94 | 94 |
Dangerous and careless driving | 91 | 89 | 91 | 92 | 90 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 91 |
Driving under the influence | 95 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 96 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 96 |
Speeding | 98 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 99 | 99 |
Unlawful use of motor vehicle | 91 | 91 | 91 | 90 | 90 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 93 | 91 |
Vehicle defect offences | 91 | 93 | 90 | 93 | 92 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 94 | 94 |
Seat belt offences | 97 | 97 | 96 | 98 | 95 | 91 | 96 | 89 | 96 | 96 |
Mobile phone offences | 92 | 91 | 91 | 91 | 88 | 86 | 86 | 87 | 84 | 82 |
Other motor vehicle offences | 89 | 85 | 85 | 87 | 88 | 86 | 87 | 87 | 88 | 86 |
1. Conviction rate is calculated as the proportion of people with charge proved as a proportion of people proceeded against for a specific crime type.
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