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Statistical Bulletin Crime and Justice Series: Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 2006/07

Published: 3 June 2008
Topic: Law and order
ISBN: ISBN97807559

Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts 2006-07

Table 3: Persons with a charge proved by type of court, 1997/98-2006/07

Number
Type of court	1997/98	1998/99	1999/00	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07
All court types ¹	149,334	137,174	128,104	113,206	121,598	127,772	133,614	135,045	132,784	138,830
High court ^2,3	1,126	1,062	1,183	1,099	1,142	1,205	1,228	977	865	700
Sheriff solemn	3,057	3,039	3,048	3,191	3,172	3,464	3,726	3,892	4,213	4,854
Sheriff summary	79,093	75,323	71,865	66,852	73,072	81,371	81,317	82,153	80,260	84,975
District court ⁴	66,056	57,750	52,007	42,062	44,208	41,732	47,340	48,021	47,441	48,300
Per cent
Type of court	1997/98	1998/99	1999/00	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07
All court types ¹	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	100
High court ^2,3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Sheriff solemn	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Sheriff summary	53	55	56	59	60	64	61	61	60	61
District court ⁴	44	42	41	37	36	33	35	36	36	35
Index: 1997/98=100
Type of court	1997/98	1998/99	1999/00	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07
All court types ¹	100	92	86	76	81	86	89	90	89	93
High court ^2,3	100	94	105	98	101	107	109	87	77	62
Sheriff solemn	100	99	100	104	104	113	122	127	138	159
Sheriff summary	100	95	91	85	92	103	103	104	101	107
District court ⁴	100	87	79	64	67	63	72	73	72	73

1 Includes court type unknown.
2 Includes cases remitted to the High court from the Sheriff court.
3 The figures for 2006/07, and to an extent earlier years, may be underestimates due to late recording of disposals.
4 Includes the stipendiary magistrates court in Glasgow.

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