Journey times in the Scottish Criminal Justice System: 2023-24
This bulletin assesses an accused person’s criminal justice journey time from offence date to case conclusion or verdict for the period from 2023 to 2024. This journey time is broken down by justice system stage and type of crime.
7. Annex
7. 1. Annex A
The following supplementary tables are available alongside this publication in Open Document Spreadsheet format.
Table 2: Supplementary Tables
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Table |
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Table 1 |
Percentages of accused with cases closed by COPFS within 1 year, between 1 and 2 years and over 2 years from offence date by financial year. |
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Table 2 |
Median times from offence to case closed, offence to police known, police known to COPFS report and COPFS report to case closed for accused with cases closed by COPFS direct measures or no action. |
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Table 3 |
Percentages of accused that proceed to court with verdicts within 1 year, between 1 and 2 years and over 2 years from offence date by financial year. |
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Table 4 |
Median and 90th percentile times from offence to verdict by type of court for accused that proceed to court. |
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Table 5 |
Median and 90th percentile times from offence to verdict by warrant status for accused that proceed to court. |
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Table 6 |
Median and 90th percentile times for stages of the justice process by destination court for accused that proceed to court. |
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Table 7 |
Journey times for accused that proceed to court with sexual crimes. |
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Table 8 |
Journey times for accused that proceed to court with non-sexual crimes of violence. |
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Table 9 |
Journey times for accused that proceed to court with crimes of dishonesty. |
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Table 10 |
Journey times for accused that proceed to court with damage and reckless behaviour crimes. |
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Table 11 |
Journey times for accused that proceed to court with crimes against society. |
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Table 12 |
Journey times for accused that proceed to court by crime group and crime type. |
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Table 13 |
Journey times for accused that proceed to court with rape or attempt of rape, sexual assault and domestic abuse by historic and non-historic offences. |
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Table 14 |
Journey times for accused that proceed to court with at least one domestic abuse offence. |
7. 2. Annex B
The table shows the crime types in each crime group and the ranking that it has been used to classified each of the case-accused into different crime groups and types.
Table 3: Crime groups and types ranking used in the anlaysis.
| Crime groups ranking | Crime groups | Crime types ranking | Crime types |
| 1 | Sexual crimes | 1 | Rape & attempted rape |
| 2 | Sexual assault | ||
| 3 | Causing to view sexual activity or images | ||
| 4 | Communicating indecently | ||
| 5 | Threatening to or disclosing intimate images | ||
| 6 | Indecent photos of children | ||
| 7 | Crimes associated with prostitution | ||
| 8 | Other sexual crimes | ||
| 2 | Non-sexual crimes of violence | 9 | Murder and culpable homicide |
| 10 | Causing death by driving dangerously | ||
| 11 | Serious assault and attempted murder | ||
| 12 | Common assault | ||
| 13 | Robbery | ||
| 14 | Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 | ||
| 15 | Other non-sexual violence | ||
| 3 | Crimes of dishonesty | 16 | Housebreaking |
| 17 | Theft by opening lockfast places | ||
| 18 | Theft from a motor vehicle | ||
| 19 | Theft of a motor vehicle | ||
| 20 | Shoplifting | ||
| 21 | Other theft | ||
| 22 | Fraud | ||
| 23 | Other dishonesty | ||
| 4 | Damage and reckless behaviour | 24 | Fire-raising |
| 25 | Vandalism | ||
| 26 | Reckless conduct | ||
| 5 | Crimes against society | 27 | Crimes against public justice |
| 28 | Weapons possession (not used) | ||
| 30 | Drugs - Supply | ||
| 31 | Drugs - Possession | ||
| 32 | Other crimes against society |
Contact
Email: justice_analysts@gov.scot
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