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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 5: Numbers of persons with a charge proved ¹ per 1,000 population by sex and age, 1997/98-2006/07

Type of accused		1997/98	1998/99	1999/00	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07
All persons ²	Total ³	36	33	31	28	30	31	33	33	32	33
	Under 16 ⁴	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3
	16	42	42	33	25	28	32	30	32	38	39
	17	110	100	92	80	79	82	83	84	86	97
	18	141	130	117	109	114	110	108	104	106	113
	19	140	122	113	102	110	114	109	103	100	105
	20	122	120	106	96	107	110	106	96	93	98
	21-25	96	91	87	80	87	92	92	89	83	85
	26-30	68	63	60	55	61	64	70	72	69	70
	31-40	41	38	36	33	35	38	41	43	43	45
	Over 40 ⁵	13	11	11	9	10	11	12	13	13	13
Males	Total ³	64	59	55	48	52	54	54	56	55	58
	Under 16 ⁴	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5
	16	74	75	60	44	51	57	56	56	67	68
	17	196	177	163	141	139	144	152	146	148	167
	18	250	228	205	193	203	193	199	182	185	194
	19	254	218	200	180	195	203	197	182	177	182
	20	216	216	185	169	191	194	187	167	164	171
	21-25	168	159	154	140	152	157	158	148	140	144
	26-30	117	110	106	96	107	111	114	121	115	116
	31-40	70	67	64	56	61	64	65	73	73	76
	Over 40 ⁵	23	21	20	16	18	19	20	22	22	23
Females	Total ³	10	9	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	10
	Under 16 ⁴	0.06	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.02	0.02	0.07	0.07	0.03	0.05
	16	7	8	6	5	5	6	5	7	8	7
	17	22	21	19	16	17	17	17	17	21	22
	18	28	29	26	24	22	23	21	23	24	27
	19	28	25	26	23	26	24	25	23	21	25
	20	27	26	26	23	22	27	25	25	21	23
	21-25	25	24	23	22	23	27	28	28	25	25
	26-30	20	17	16	16	18	20	24	24	24	23
	31-40	13	11	10	10	11	13	16	16	15	15
	Over 40 ⁵	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4

1 Number of occasions when a person had a charge proved.
2 Includes sex not known; excludes companies.
3 Includes age not known; uses mid-year population estimate for those aged 8-70.
4 Uses mid-year population estimate for those aged 8-15.
5 Uses mid-year population estimate for those aged 41-70.

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