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 11 People convicted by main penalty, sex and age, 2010-11 to 2019-20
2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | % change 18-19 to 19-20 | ||
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Total[1] | 115,581 | 108,424 | 101,018 | 105,658 | 106,575 | 99,954 | 92,330 | 83,177 | 78,488 | 75,251 | -4 | |
Males [2] | Total | 97,042 | 90,902 | 84,347 | 87,983 | 88,650 | 83,010 | 76,476 | 68,572 | 64,655 | 62,126 | -4 |
Under 21 | 15,145 | 13,135 | 10,358 | 9,187 | 8,628 | 8,417 | 7,599 | 6,401 | 5,696 | 5,182 | -9 | |
21-30 | 35,177 | 32,761 | 30,338 | 30,705 | 30,155 | 28,123 | 25,777 | 22,480 | 20,753 | 19,130 | -8 | |
31-40 | 23,564 | 22,467 | 21,567 | 22,836 | 23,756 | 22,101 | 20,699 | 19,347 | 18,755 | 18,584 | -1 | |
41-100 | 23,156 | 22,539 | 22,084 | 25,255 | 26,111 | 24,369 | 22,401 | 20,344 | 19,451 | 19,230 | -1 | |
Females[2] | Total | 18,532 | 17,437 | 16,558 | 17,590 | 17,921 | 16,944 | 15,852 | 14,603 | 13,833 | 13,123 | -5 |
Under 21 | 2,228 | 1,952 | 1,616 | 1,429 | 1,448 | 1,358 | 1,217 | 1,090 | 942 | 842 | -11 | |
21-30 | 6,573 | 5,989 | 5,874 | 5,656 | 5,515 | 5,178 | 4,666 | 4,048 | 3,757 | 3,615 | -4 | |
31-40 | 4,985 | 4,853 | 4,492 | 5,001 | 5,313 | 4,998 | 4,964 | 4,821 | 4,658 | 4,420 | -5 | |
41-100 | 4,746 | 4,643 | 4,576 | 5,504 | 5,645 | 5,410 | 5,005 | 4,644 | 4,476 | 4,246 | -5 | |
Custody[1] | 15,320 | 15,950 | 14,789 | 14,172 | 14,038 | 13,755 | 12,699 | 11,980 | 12,221 | 11,101 | -9 | |
Males[2] | Total | 14,018 | 14,582 | 13,499 | 12,959 | 12,745 | 12,563 | 11,704 | 10,839 | 11,115 | 10,157 | -9 |
Under 21 | 2,014 | 2,050 | 1,588 | 1,238 | 1,137 | 1,190 | 1,007 | 758 | 771 | 598 | -22 | |
21-30 | 6,074 | 6,059 | 5,486 | 5,021 | 4,983 | 4,748 | 4,415 | 3,948 | 3,948 | 3,371 | -15 | |
31-40 | 3,776 | 4,094 | 3,973 | 4,025 | 3,903 | 3,914 | 3,672 | 3,682 | 3,835 | 3,765 | -2 | |
41-100 | 2,154 | 2,379 | 2,452 | 2,675 | 2,722 | 2,711 | 2,610 | 2,451 | 2,561 | 2,423 | -5 | |
Females[2] | Total | 1,302 | 1,368 | 1,290 | 1,213 | 1,293 | 1,192 | 995 | 1,141 | 1,106 | 944 | -15 |
Under 21 | 168 | 160 | 116 | 83 | 84 | 72 | 52 | 61 | 49 | 35 | -29 | |
21-30 | 588 | 620 | 599 | 491 | 483 | 400 | 325 | 324 | 302 | 267 | -12 | |
31-40 | 324 | 349 | 345 | 395 | 488 | 462 | 377 | 500 | 515 | 427 | -17 | |
41-100 | 222 | 239 | 230 | 244 | 238 | 258 | 241 | 256 | 240 | 215 | -10 | |
Community sentence[1] | 15,615 | 16,937 | 17,263 | 18,272 | 18,580 | 18,952 | 18,644 | 17,301 | 15,211 | 16,296 | 7 | |
Males[2] | Total | 12,977 | 14,090 | 14,395 | 15,245 | 15,503 | 15,866 | 15,623 | 14,444 | 12,777 | 13,751 | 8 |
Under 21 | 3,446 | 3,292 | 2,743 | 2,635 | 2,522 | 2,497 | 2,359 | 1,988 | 1,648 | 1,595 | -3 | |
21-30 | 4,696 | 5,249 | 5,590 | 5,674 | 5,763 | 5,768 | 5,755 | 4,929 | 4,349 | 4,619 | 6 | |
31-40 | 2,724 | 3,168 | 3,403 | 3,796 | 3,966 | 4,135 | 4,063 | 4,041 | 3,666 | 4,098 | 12 | |
41-100 | 2,111 | 2,381 | 2,659 | 3,140 | 3,252 | 3,466 | 3,446 | 3,486 | 3,114 | 3,439 | 10 | |
Females[2] | Total | 2,638 | 2,847 | 2,868 | 3,027 | 3,077 | 3,086 | 3,020 | 2,857 | 2,434 | 2,545 | 5 |
Under 21 | 453 | 433 | 428 | 340 | 378 | 341 | 309 | 269 | 219 | 237 | 8 | |
21-30 | 1,020 | 1,014 | 1,063 | 1,030 | 1,014 | 967 | 903 | 816 | 689 | 678 | -2 | |
31-40 | 661 | 769 | 735 | 882 | 862 | 949 | 952 | 1,012 | 875 | 947 | 8 | |
41-100 | 504 | 631 | 642 | 775 | 823 | 829 | 856 | 760 | 651 | 683 | 5 | |
Financial Penalty[1] | 67,576 | 59,320 | 53,429 | 57,795 | 56,779 | 49,872 | 44,938 | 39,235 | 37,283 | 34,661 | -7 | |
Males[2] | Total | 57,359 | 50,260 | 45,145 | 48,435 | 47,734 | 42,012 | 37,564 | 32,726 | 30,775 | 28,602 | -7 |
Under 21 | 7,071 | 5,365 | 4,061 | 3,697 | 3,343 | 3,037 | 2,672 | 2,238 | 1,964 | 1,780 | -9 | |
21-30 | 20,360 | 17,798 | 15,813 | 16,478 | 15,554 | 13,867 | 12,306 | 10,630 | 9,648 | 8,675 | -10 | |
31-40 | 14,085 | 12,261 | 11,185 | 12,005 | 12,455 | 10,727 | 9,878 | 8,753 | 8,420 | 7,925 | -6 | |
41-100 | 15,843 | 14,836 | 14,086 | 16,255 | 16,382 | 14,381 | 12,708 | 11,105 | 10,743 | 10,222 | -5 | |
Females[2] | Total | 10,211 | 8,983 | 8,175 | 9,282 | 9,041 | 7,860 | 7,373 | 6,507 | 6,508 | 6,057 | -7 |
Under 21 | 909 | 746 | 530 | 519 | 533 | 444 | 382 | 347 | 323 | 291 | -10 | |
21-30 | 3,382 | 2,907 | 2,706 | 2,772 | 2,604 | 2,311 | 2,121 | 1,828 | 1,698 | 1,636 | -4 | |
31-40 | 2,844 | 2,463 | 2,192 | 2,551 | 2,557 | 2,177 | 2,169 | 1,913 | 2,010 | 1,804 | -10 | |
41-100 | 3,076 | 2,867 | 2,747 | 3,440 | 3,347 | 2,928 | 2,701 | 2,419 | 2,477 | 2,326 | -6 | |
Other sentence[1] | 17,070 | 16,217 | 15,537 | 15,419 | 17,178 | 17,375 | 16,049 | 14,661 | 13,773 | 13,193 | -4 | |
Males[2] | Total | 12,688 | 11,970 | 11,308 | 11,344 | 12,668 | 12,569 | 11,585 | 10,563 | 9,988 | 9,616 | -4 |
Under 21 | 2,614 | 2,428 | 1,966 | 1,617 | 1,626 | 1,693 | 1,561 | 1,417 | 1,313 | 1,209 | -8 | |
21-30 | 4,047 | 3,655 | 3,449 | 3,532 | 3,855 | 3,740 | 3,301 | 2,973 | 2,808 | 2,465 | -12 | |
31-40 | 2,979 | 2,944 | 3,006 | 3,010 | 3,432 | 3,325 | 3,086 | 2,871 | 2,834 | 2,796 | -1 | |
41-100 | 3,048 | 2,943 | 2,887 | 3,185 | 3,755 | 3,811 | 3,637 | 3,302 | 3,033 | 3,146 | 4 | |
Females[2] | Total | 4,381 | 4,239 | 4,225 | 4,068 | 4,510 | 4,806 | 4,464 | 4,098 | 3,785 | 3,577 | -5 |
Under 21 | 698 | 613 | 542 | 487 | 453 | 501 | 474 | 413 | 351 | 279 | -21 | |
21-30 | 1,583 | 1,448 | 1,506 | 1,363 | 1,414 | 1,500 | 1,317 | 1,080 | 1,068 | 1,034 | -3 | |
31-40 | 1,156 | 1,272 | 1,220 | 1,173 | 1,406 | 1,410 | 1,466 | 1,396 | 1,258 | 1,242 | -1 | |
41-100 | 944 | 906 | 957 | 1,045 | 1,237 | 1,395 | 1,207 | 1,209 | 1,108 | 1,022 | -8 |
1. Includes a small number of cases for companies and where age and sex are unknown.
2. Sex totals exclude companies and where age and sex are unknown. The sum of sex totals may not equal disposal totals.
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