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Statistical Bulletin: Crime and Justice Series: Criminal Proceedings in Scotland, 2010-11

Published: 13 December 2011
ISBN: 97878055600

Criminal Proceedings in Scotland 2010-11

Table 10(c) Average length of custodial sentence in days, by main crime/offence, 2001-02 - 2010-11

Main Crime or Offence ¹	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10 ²	2010-11 ²
All crimes and offences	243	252	257	238	229	232	248	262	282	277
All crimes	283	297	301	283	273	280	300	309	329	321
Non-sexual crimes of violence	937	969	964	881	882	906	926	906	904	877
Homicide	1,955	2,092	2,056	2,191	1,927	1,957	2,630	2,276	2,201	2,302
Serious assault and attempted murder	869	948	906	866	892	899	877	888	910	920
Robbery	927	924	942	664	726	818	727	802	761	816
Other	813	632	608	601	770	589	658	617	610	271
Crimes of indecency	1,211	1,274	1,085	1,307	1,043	1,223	1,237	1,326	1,246	1,279
Rape and attempted rape	2,255	2,180	1,941	1,960	2,191	2,072	2,682	2,473	2,203	2,085
Sexual Assault	749	926	794	982	758	1,024	839	1,007	1,085	1,197
Prostitution	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0
Other	1,362	1,069	1,126	1,207	616	678	758	1,159	744	854
Crimes of dishonesty	137	140	137	128	128	134	138	142	152	154
Housebreaking	205	219	207	193	211	211	228	223	242	254
Theft by opening a lockfast place	141	128	148	133	127	129	128	149	169	172
Theft of a motor vehicle	153	140	156	120	120	135	133	158	159	152
Shoplifting	99	99	97	97	93	90	94	98	101	105
Other theft	125	147	125	134	124	119	128	137	156	159
Fraud	194	161	249	159	195	263	222	235	235	244
Other	128	131	125	104	125	151	178	152	177	143
Fire-raising, vandalism, etc	153	164	125	140	138	168	188	176	198	194
Fire-raising	533	458	395	450	385	507	469	447	470	563
Vandalism, etc	97	111	90	103	92	112	142	128	158	144
Other crimes	302	319	307	286	249	239	263	276	304	309
Crimes against public justice	74	85	78	89	84	74	88	95	100	112
Handling an offensive weapon	119	112	116	111	118	161	218	263	273	288
Drugs	652	717	655	629	585	548	559	545	575	577
Other	1,038	1,576	1,415	326	159	221	215	183	659	155
All offences	135	142	152	136	134	132	138	160	174	176
Miscellaneous offences	117	127	136	122	124	125	130	157	172	173
Common assault	146	147	167	148	146	145	149	170	195	189
Breach of the peace	81	91	88	85	80	83	87	108	115	124
Drunkenness	49	26	27	27	30	38	0	45	32	29
Other	159	221	236	172	285	279	301	350	352	223
Motor vehicle offences	171	169	183	171	165	157	170	176	188	202
Dangerous and careless driving	234	224	303	259	261	212	233	230	241	289
Drink/drug driving	116	115	120	131	112	105	124	142	137	130
Speeding	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unlawful use of vehicle	171	172	178	165	161	161	168	174	189	204
Vehicle defect offences	91	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other	84	106	48	213	76	95	115	80	123	152

1. Average sentence lengths exclude life sentences and indeterminate detention.
2. Figures for some categories dealt with by the high court - including homicide, rape and major drug cases - may be underestimated slightly due to late recording of disposals - see annex B.

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