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Publication - Statistics

Justice Analytical Services (JAS) Safer Communities and Justice Statistics Monthly Data Report: November 2023 edition

Published
30 November 2023
From
Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs, +4 more … Chief Statistician, Director of Justice, Lord Advocate, Minister for Victims and Community Safety
Directorate
Safer Communities Directorate, +2 more … Children and Families Directorate, Justice Directorate
Topic
Communities and third sector, Law and order, Public safety and emergencies
ISBN
9781835217368

This report contains summary statistics covering a number of important justice and safer communities statistics. It is published with up to date statistics every month.

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Criminal Proceedings in Scotland, 2021-22

This is an infographic composed of five individual charts showing the headline trends in criminal proceedings in Scotland for the period 2012-13 to 2021-22. The first chart is a line chart showing the total number of convictions over this 10 year span. It shows a 39% increase from 42,614 in 2020-21 to 59,295 in 2021-22 and a decreasing long term trend, with 101,017 in 2012-13. The second chart is a line chart showing that average length of custodial sentences has increased by 32% in 10 years, from 284 days in 2012-13 to 376 days in 2021-22. Additional data shows this is driven by a smaller proportion of shorter sentences compared to longer sentences over the same span. A third chart shows that, in 2021-22, sentences given were 45% financial penalties, 24% community sentences, 14% custodial sentences and 17% other sentences. The remaining two charts refer to non-court disposals given by the police and Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal (COPFS), respectively. The first of these shows that nearly two-thirds of police disposals are recorded police warnings, with the rest made up of 17% anti-social behaviour fixed penalty notices and 17% early and effective interventions. The second of these shows that three-quarters of COPFS disposals are fiscal fines and fixed penalties, with the two contributing equally. The remaining COPFS disposals were 16% fiscal warnings, 9% fiscal combined fine plus compensation and 2% fiscal compensation.

Contact

Email: justice_analysts@gov.scot

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