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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 16 Undertakings to appear in court, by sex and age, 2010-11 - 2019-20[1,2]
| Year | Sex | Age | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Not known | Under 21 | 21-30 | 31-40 | Over 40 | Not known | Total | |
| Number | |||||||||
| 2010-11 | 21,384 | 5,912 | 1 | 6,297 | 9,468 | 5,629 | 5,903 | - | 27,297 |
| 2011-12 | 20,244 | 5,953 | 4 | 5,484 | 8,978 | 5,712 | 6,027 | - | 26,201 |
| 2012-13 | 17,328 | 5,489 | 1 | 4,244 | 7,824 | 5,086 | 5,664 | - | 22,818 |
| 2013-14 | 16,642 | 5,465 | 3 | 3,992 | 7,203 | 5,095 | 5,820 | - | 22,110 |
| 2014-15 | 12,738 | 4,015 | 4 | 2,812 | 5,356 | 3,918 | 4,671 | - | 16,757 |
| 2015-16 | 11,769 | 3,870 | 2 | 2,542 | 4,829 | 3,686 | 4,584 | - | 15,641 |
| 2016-17 | 10,765 | 3,677 | - | 2,226 | 4,415 | 3,467 | 4,334 | - | 14,442 |
| 2017-18 | 13,405 | 4,235 | 4 | 2,453 | 5,508 | 4,558 | 5,125 | - | 17,644 |
| 2018-19 | 12,031 | 3,610 | 5 | 2,157 | 4,683 | 4,069 | 4,737 | - | 15,646 |
| 2019-20 | 8,961 | 2,637 | 1 | 1,648 | 3,327 | 2,998 | 3,626 | - | 11,599 |
| Percentage of total | |||||||||
| 2010-11 | 78 | 22 | * | 23 | 35 | 21 | 22 | - | 100 |
| 2011-12 | 77 | 23 | * | 21 | 34 | 22 | 23 | - | 100 |
| 2012-13 | 76 | 24 | * | 19 | 34 | 22 | 25 | - | 100 |
| 2013-14 | 75 | 25 | * | 18 | 33 | 23 | 26 | - | 100 |
| 2014-15 | 76 | 24 | * | 17 | 32 | 23 | 28 | - | 100 |
| 2015-16 | 75 | 25 | * | 16 | 31 | 24 | 29 | - | 100 |
| 2016-17 | 75 | 25 | - | 15 | 31 | 24 | 30 | - | 100 |
| 2017-18 | 76 | 24 | * | 14 | 31 | 26 | 29 | - | 100 |
| 2018-19 | 77 | 23 | * | 14 | 30 | 26 | 30 | - | 100 |
| 2019-20 | 77 | 23 | * | 14 | 29 | 26 | 31 | - | 100 |
1. Sex and date of birth were added to the main collection of bail data from 2009-10.
2. Excludes modifications to existing bail orders. People counted once only where more than one bail order on the same day.
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