Convictions of breach of bail conditions statistics: FOI release

Information requested

1. The number of people convicted of a breach of bail conditions under the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995. Please provide this information for the financial years of 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and so far in 2021-22.

2. The number of people on bail who were convicted of a crime other than a breach of bail conditions. Please provide this information for the financial years of 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and so far in 2021-22. Please include people convicted of another crime even if they were also convicted of a breach of bail conditions.

3. If possible, the list of crimes that were committed by those on bail (separate to a breach of bail conditions) and the number of times those crimes were committed for the financial years of 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and so far in 2021-22.

Response

I enclose a copy of the information you requested.

1. Number of people convicted of a breach of bail conditions under the section 27(1)(B) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, where main crime, 2017-18 to 2019-20.

	2017 - 2018	2018 - 2019	2019 - 2020
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (SCOTLAND) ACT 1995 SECTION 27(1)(B)	3,735	3,485	3,851

Source: Scottish Government's Criminal Proceedings database

Please note: The latest available information on criminal proceedings in Scotland is for the financial year 2019-20. Proceedings database is not a live case system and the 2021-22 information is not yet available.

2, 3. Number of people convicted of a crime whilst on bail, excluding people convicted of a breach of bail conditions under the section 27(1)(B) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, where main crime, 2017-18 to 2019-20.

	2017 - 2018	2018 - 2019	2019 - 2020
Murder / culpable homicide	11	7	11
Causing death by dangerous or careless driving	2	0	1
Attempted murder and serious assault	169	199	189
Robbery	132	110	130
Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act	0	0	26
Other non-sexual crimes of violence	13	21	13
Rape and Attempted Rape	4	9	6
Sexual assault	14	11	16
Crimes associated with prostitution	9	1	0
Other sexual crimes	42	47	53
Housebreaking	254	220	237
Theft by opening lockfast places	52	34	34
Theft from a motor vehicle	21	36	28
Theft of a motor vehicle	51	56	50
Shoplifting	2166	2199	1942
Other theft	451	390	399
Fraud	64	38	50
Other dishonesty	180	181	149
Fire-raising	21	25	19
Vandalism etc.	351	340	318
Crimes against public justice	701	626	607
Handling offensive weapons	313	336	352
Drugs	860	753	634
Other crime	22	24	21
Common assault	1433	1248	1197
Breach of the peace etc.	2750	2246	2180
Drunkenness and other disorderly conduct	12	4	2
Urinating etc.	3	1	1
Other miscellaneous	222	195	180
Dangerous and careless driving	221	150	155
Driving under the influence	214	178	188
Speeding	70	45	45
Unlawful use of motor vehicle	442	420	339
Vehicle defect offences	16	15	18
Seat belt offences	2	2	3
Mobile phone offences	10	19	12
Other motor vehicle offences	48	36	38
Total	11346	10222	9643

Source: Scottish Government's Criminal Proceedings database

Please note:
(i) The table above contains data on the number of people convicted for a crime that was recorded on the Criminal History System database with a bail aggravator. This means the crime was committed whilst the person was on bail. The number of people convicted of a breach of bail conditions under the section 27(1)(B) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 have been removed from this table.

(ii) The data in this table will not match Table 1 of the additional tables on bail-related data published here: Supporting documents - Criminal Proceedings in Scotland, 2019-20 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot). This is because the published table contains data on the number of offences committed rather than number of people convicted, as included in this FOI response. An individual can be convicted of more than one offence during a court proceeding.

(iii) The latest available information on criminal proceedings in Scotland is for the financial year 2019-20. Proceedings database is not a live case system and the 2021-22 information is not yet available. The 2020-21 data will be published later this year.

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