Statistical Bulletin Crime and Justice Series: Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 2006/07
Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts 2006-07
Table 10: Persons receiving a custodial sentence by main crime/offence and length of sentence, 2006/07
Main crime or offence |
Total 1 |
Up to |
Over 3 |
|
Over 2 |
4 years |
|
Indeterminate |
Average |
Up to |
(Percentages) |
Over 2 |
4 years |
||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Over 3 |
Over 6 |
||||||||||||||
All crimes and offences |
18,134 |
10,046 |
4,640 |
2,437 |
592 |
364 |
51 |
3 |
201 |
55 |
26 |
13 |
3 |
2 |
|
All crimes |
11,094 |
5,583 |
2,809 |
1,750 |
550 |
348 |
51 |
3 |
253 |
50 |
25 |
16 |
5 |
4 |
|
Non-sexual crimes of violence |
1,235 |
62 |
116 |
573 |
247 |
184 |
50 |
3 |
805 |
5 |
9 |
46 |
20 |
19 |
|
Homicide |
97 |
- |
- |
6 |
12 |
28 |
48 |
3 |
1739 |
- |
- |
6 |
12 |
81 |
|
Serious assault and attempted murder |
712 |
17 |
56 |
375 |
156 |
107 |
1 |
- |
788 |
2 |
8 |
53 |
22 |
15 |
|
Robbery |
356 |
25 |
49 |
168 |
71 |
42 |
1 |
- |
763 |
7 |
14 |
47 |
20 |
12 |
|
Other |
70 |
20 |
11 |
24 |
8 |
7 |
- |
- |
571 |
29 |
16 |
34 |
11 |
10 |
|
Crimes of indecency |
187 |
26 |
8 |
56 |
35 |
61 |
1 |
- |
1100 |
14 |
4 |
30 |
19 |
33 |
|
Rape and attempted rape |
42 |
- |
- |
4 |
7 |
31 |
- |
- |
1989 |
- |
- |
10 |
17 |
74 |
|
Indecent assault |
24 |
2 |
4 |
12 |
4 |
2 |
- |
- |
718 |
8 |
17 |
50 |
17 |
8 |
|
Lewd and indecent behaviour |
93 |
15 |
3 |
33 |
19 |
22 |
1 |
- |
902 |
16 |
3 |
35 |
20 |
25 |
|
Other |
28 |
9 |
1 |
7 |
5 |
6 |
- |
- |
744 |
32 |
4 |
25 |
18 |
21 |
|
Crimes of dishonesty |
5,235 |
2,857 |
1,838 |
465 |
60 |
15 |
- |
- |
133 |
55 |
35 |
9 |
1 |
* |
|
Housebreaking |
1,022 |
337 |
428 |
220 |
33 |
4 |
- |
- |
212 |
33 |
42 |
22 |
3 |
* |
|
Theft by opening a lockfast place |
338 |
168 |
136 |
31 |
2 |
1 |
- |
- |
133 |
50 |
40 |
9 |
1 |
* |
|
Theft of a motor vehicle |
265 |
145 |
86 |
31 |
2 |
1 |
- |
- |
133 |
55 |
32 |
12 |
1 |
* |
|
Shoplifting |
2,217 |
1,443 |
734 |
38 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
90 |
65 |
33 |
2 |
* |
- |
|
Other theft |
801 |
413 |
323 |
59 |
6 |
- |
- |
- |
118 |
52 |
40 |
7 |
1 |
- |
|
Fraud |
201 |
89 |
54 |
40 |
12 |
6 |
- |
- |
268 |
44 |
27 |
20 |
6 |
3 |
|
Other |
391 |
262 |
77 |
46 |
3 |
3 |
- |
- |
136 |
67 |
20 |
12 |
1 |
1 |
|
Fire-raising, vandalism etc. |
476 |
326 |
73 |
63 |
10 |
4 |
- |
- |
158 |
68 |
15 |
13 |
2 |
1 |
|
Fire-raising |
67 |
12 |
10 |
33 |
8 |
4 |
- |
- |
482 |
18 |
15 |
49 |
12 |
6 |
|
Vandalism etc. |
409 |
314 |
63 |
30 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
105 |
77 |
15 |
7 |
* |
- |
|
Other crimes |
3,961 |
2,312 |
774 |
593 |
198 |
84 |
- |
- |
218 |
58 |
20 |
15 |
5 |
2 |
|
Crimes against public justice |
1,720 |
1,486 |
182 |
48 |
- |
4 |
- |
- |
74 |
86 |
11 |
3 |
- |
* |
|
Handling an offensive weapon |
1,044 |
467 |
380 |
188 |
9 |
- |
- |
- |
160 |
45 |
36 |
18 |
1 |
- |
|
Drugs |
1,122 |
330 |
182 |
345 |
186 |
79 |
- |
- |
492 |
29 |
16 |
31 |
17 |
7 |
|
Other |
75 |
29 |
30 |
12 |
3 |
1 |
- |
- |
221 |
39 |
40 |
16 |
4 |
1 |
|
All offences |
7,040 |
4,463 |
1,831 |
687 |
42 |
16 |
- |
- |
120 |
63 |
26 |
10 |
1 |
* |
|
Miscellaneous offences |
5,805 |
4,015 |
1,333 |
404 |
36 |
16 |
- |
- |
113 |
69 |
23 |
7 |
1 |
* |
|
Common assault |
2,126 |
1,115 |
726 |
258 |
18 |
9 |
- |
- |
144 |
52 |
34 |
12 |
1 |
* |
|
Breach of the peace |
1,844 |
1,540 |
235 |
62 |
6 |
1 |
- |
- |
83 |
84 |
13 |
3 |
* |
* |
|
Drunkenness |
4 |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
38 |
100 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Breach of social work orders |
1,613 |
1,236 |
313 |
61 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
89 |
77 |
19 |
4 |
* |
- |
|
Other |
218 |
120 |
59 |
23 |
10 |
6 |
- |
- |
228 |
55 |
27 |
11 |
5 |
3 |
|
Motor vehicle offences |
1,235 |
448 |
498 |
283 |
6 |
- |
- |
- |
157 |
36 |
40 |
23 |
* |
- |
|
Dangerous and careless driving |
166 |
51 |
62 |
49 |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
213 |
31 |
37 |
30 |
2 |
- |
|
Drunk driving |
224 |
128 |
85 |
11 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
105 |
57 |
38 |
5 |
- |
- |
|
Speeding |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Unlawful use of vehicle |
836 |
263 |
348 |
223 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
161 |
31 |
42 |
27 |
* |
- |
|
Vehicle defect offences |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Other |
9 |
6 |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
98 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 Includes a small number of cases where sentence length is unknown
2 Excludes life sentences and indeterminate detention. Average sentence length figures for some categories may be underestimated slightly due to late recording of some High Court disposals on SCRO.
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