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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 20: Vehicles, offences and penalties, 1997/98 - 2006/07

Thousands

Year	Number of vehicles currently licensed at 31 December ¹	Offences recorded by the police	Recorded offences per 1,000 vehicles licensed	Offences where charge proved in court	Fiscal conditional offers for motor vehicle offences ²	Police conditional offers of fixed penalties sent ^3,4	Vehicle defect rectification scheme ³	Police fixed penalties issued: stationary motor vehicle offences ^3,4
1987	1,575	250	159	112	62	-	16	515 ⁽¹⁾
1989	1,729	284	164	108	92	-	21	507
1997/98	2,023	340	168	84	8	124	31 ⁴	439
1998/99	2,073	367	177	78	9	152	35 ⁴	397
1999/00	2,131	347	163	77	8	168	31 ⁴	296
2000/01	2,188	341	156	62	7	160	n/a	186
2001/02	2,262	368	163	69	8	175	n/a	180
2002/03	2,330	355	152	76	6	161	n/a	164
2003/04	2,383	435	183	79	9	231	n/a	143
2004/05	2,448	424	173	72	10	281	n/a	106
2005/06	2,531	380	150	68	10	241	n/a	99
2006/07	2,587	375	145	67	14	223	n/a	105

1 Estimates from the Vehicle Information Database.
2 Reports to the Procurators Fiscal disposed of by a conditional offer. Figures relate to cases which were closed as offer accepted.
3 From 1997/98 to 2003/04 data are on a calendar year basis - 1997/98=1997, etc.
4 Includes estimated data.

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