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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 4(a): Persons with a charge proved by main crime/offence, 1997/98-2006/07

Main Crime or Offence	1997/98	1998/99	1999/00	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07 ¹	% change 05/06-06/07	All offences proved, 06/07 ^1,2
All crimes and offences	149,334	137,174	128,104	113,206	121,598	127,772	133,614	135,045	132,784	138,830	5	187,837
All crimes	48,062	46,295	42,312	39,680	42,116	42,809	43,361	44,721	43,296	46,787	8	63,723
Non-sexual crimes of violence	2,039	2,000	2,003	1,976	2,092	2,381	2,596	2,425	2,439	2,364	-3	2,598
Homicide	104	92	105	100	103	99	131	143	107	104	-3	104
Serious assault and attempted murder	1,039	1,036	1,053	1,089	1,171	1,360	1,475	1,372	1,554	1,432	-8	1,496
Robbery	666	652	659	603	627	682	689	610	506	514	2	637
Other	230	220	186	184	191	240	301	300	272	314	15	361
Crimes of indecency	1,329	1,280	790	633	614	562	666	809	852	841	-1	1,148
Rape and attempted rape	55	58	48	52	67	55	58	69	61	45	*-26*	53
Indecent assault	91	83	84	60	48	65	93	87	84	82	-2	143
Lewd and indecent behaviour	343	320	302	256	298	273	297	321	319	307	-4	513
Other	840	819	356	265	201	169	218	332	388	407	5	439
Crimes of dishonesty	25,272	24,726	22,652	20,571	21,536	21,700	19,887	19,665	18,044	18,401	2	26,134
Housebreaking	3,174	3,071	2,860	2,676	2,672	2,752	2,508	2,373	2,074	2,024	-2	2,716
Theft by opening a lockfast place	1,940	1,770	1,614	1,504	1,478	1,448	1,288	1,194	951	911	-4	1,870
Theft of a motor vehicle	2,006	1,882	1,536	1,426	1,386	1,486	1,268	1,099	985	1,025	4	2,006
Shoplifting	7,313	7,559	7,753	7,345	8,366	8,826	8,123	8,427	8,162	8,527	4	9,919
Other theft	5,866	5,796	5,026	4,303	4,234	3,783	3,521	3,551	3,186	3,286	3	4,617
Fraud	1,992	1,920	1,595	1,448	1,479	1,459	1,444	1,355	1,245	1,178	-5	3,011
Other	2,981	2,728	2,268	1,869	1,921	1,946	1,735	1,666	1,441	1,450	1	1,995
Fire-raising, vandalism, etc	4,871	4,591	3,979	3,942	4,051	4,212	4,759	5,024	4,998	5,429	9	6,981
Fire-raising	112	125	102	109	125	147	169	192	192	250	30	317
Vandalism, etc	4,759	4,466	3,877	3,833	3,926	4,065	4,590	4,832	4,806	5,179	8	6,664
Other crimes	14,551	13,698	12,888	12,558	13,823	13,954	15,453	16,798	16,963	19,752	16	26,862
Crimes against public justice	5,096	4,776	4,589	4,929	5,257	5,048	5,290	5,767	5,751	7,203	25	11,142
Handling an offensive weapon	2,173	2,033	2,118	2,340	2,633	2,771	2,875	3,447	3,499	3,534	1	4,096
Drugs	7,236	6,861	6,158	5,279	5,913	6,111	7,258	7,553	7,604	8,814	16	11,400
Other	46	28	23	10	20	24	30	31	109	201	84	224
All offences	101,272	90,879	85,792	73,526	79,482	84,963	90,253	90,324	89,488	92,043	3	124,114
Miscellaneous offences	45,816	39,241	34,189	33,262	34,661	37,007	39,631	42,809	44,285	47,030	6	56,934
Common assault	12,441	11,677	10,749	10,270	10,823	11,745	12,317	13,574	14,425	15,411	7	19,880
Breach of the peace	19,355	17,156	14,023	13,031	13,950	14,384	15,050	16,172	16,901	18,082	7	26,554
Drunkenness	937	626	454	430	374	370	418	311	293	261	*-11*	382
Breach of social work orders	3,765	4,217	4,684	4,611	4,509	4,945	5,095	5,317	4,609	4,847	5	-
Other	9,318	5,565	4,279	4,920	5,005	5,563	6,751	7,435	8,057	8,429	5	10,118
Motor vehicle offences	55,456	51,638	51,603	40,264	44,821	47,956	50,622	47,515	45,203	45,013	0	67,180
Dangerous and careless driving	4,577	3,764	3,431	2,561	3,319	3,628	4,118	3,810	3,621	3,772	4	5,076
Drunk driving	8,173	7,290	7,366	6,265	6,538	9,508	8,158	8,001	7,970	8,053	1	8,984
Speeding	12,220	12,971	15,293	9,427	9,988	9,832	12,700	13,546	12,273	13,425	9	13,773
Unlawful use of vehicle	20,052	18,662	16,950	15,987	18,553	19,192	19,563	16,696	14,711	13,430	-9	28,885
Vehicle defect offences	3,198	2,470	2,075	1,302	1,252	1,510	1,859	1,791	1,653	1,708	3	3,090
Other	7,236	6,481	6,488	4,722	5,171	4,286	4,224	3,671	4,975	4,625	-7	7,372

1 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 Annexe note B2.
2 Whether or not the main crime/offence involved. Breaches are not counted as individual offences
3. Increase in 2006/07 largely due to the introduction of the Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act 2005

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