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Publication - Statistics

Statistical Bulletin Crime and Justice Series: Prison Statistics Scotland: 2009-10

Published
20 December 2010
ISBN
9780755998722

Statistical bulletin showing information on the Scottish prison population.

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Table 5: Main crime/offence of offenders in custody by sex and custody type: 30 June 2009

Number

Percentage

Remand

Sentenced

Remand

Sentenced

Men

Women

All

Men

Women

All

Men

Women

All

Men

Women

All

Total crimes & offences

1,477

89

1,566

6,290

327

6,617

100

100

100

100

100

100

Crimes

1,154

76

1,230

4,804

293

5,097

78

85

79

76

90

77

Non-sexual crimes of violence

439

24

463

2,287

96

2,383

30

27

30

36

29

36

Homicide

64

5

69

800

38

838

4

6

4

13

12

13

Serious assault and attempted murder

269

16

285

1,025

47

1,072

18

18

18

16

14

16

Robbery

81

2

83

410

10

420

5

2

5

7

3

6

Other

25

1

26

52

1

53

2

1

2

1

*

1

Crimes of indecency

60

-

60

370

2

372

4

-

4

6

1

6

Rape and attempted rape

32

-

32

170

1

171

2

-

2

3

*

3

Indecent assault

1

-

1

26

-

26

*

-

*

*

-

*

Lewd and indecent behaviour

20

-

20

122

1

123

1

-

1

2

*

2

Other

7

-

7

52

-

52

*

-

*

1

-

1

Crimes of dishonesty

204

23

227

758

88

846

14

26

14

12

27

13

Housebreaking

68

1

69

240

9

249

5

1

4

4

3

4

Theft by opening lockfast places ( OLP)

12

-

12

24

2

26

1

-

1

*

1

*

Theft from a motor vehicle (by OLP)

10

-

10

25

1

26

1

-

1

*

*

*

Theft of a motor vehicle

11

-

11

31

-

31

1

-

1

*

-

*

Shoplifting

43

15

58

199

35

234

3

17

4

3

11

4

Other theft

28

5

33

121

18

139

2

6

2

2

6

2

Fraud

7

1

8

65

12

77

*

1

1

1

4

1

Other

25

1

26

53

11

64

2

1

2

1

3

1

Fire-raising,vandalism etc

46

2

48

100

6

106

3

2

3

2

2

2

Fire-raising

7

1

8

28

2

30

*

1

1

*

1

*

Vandalism etc

39

1

40

72

4

76

3

1

3

1

1

1

Other crimes

405

27

432

1,289

101

1,390

27

30

28

20

31

21

Crimes against public justice

118

9

127

91

8

99

8

10

8

1

2

1

Handling offensive weapons

179

6

185

364

7

371

12

7

12

6

2

6

Drugs

100

12

112

815

81

896

7

13

7

13

25

14

Other

8

-

8

19

5

24

1

-

1

*

2

*

Offences

323

13

336

906

30

936

22

15

21

14

9

14

Miscellaneous offences

315

13

328

733

30

763

21

15

21

12

9

12

Common assault

145

6

151

416

20

436

10

7

10

7

6

7

Breach of the peace

82

2

84

191

7

198

6

2

5

3

2

3

Drunkenness

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Breach of social work orders

19

1

20

21

1

22

1

1

1

*

*

*

Other

69

4

73

105

2

107

5

4

5

2

1

2

Motor vehicle offences

8

-

8

173

-

173

1

-

1

3

-

3

Dangerous and careless driving

4

-

4

41

-

41

*

-

*

1

-

1

Drunk driving

3

-

3

26

-

26

*

-

*

*

-

*

Speeding

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Unlawful use of vehicle

1

-

1

104

-

104

*

-

*

2

-

2

Vehicle defect offences

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Other

-

-

-

2

-

2

-

-

-

*

-

*

Unknown charge

-

-

-

573

4

577

-

-

-

9

1

9

Other jurisdiction charge

-

-

-

7

-

7

-

-

-

*

-

*

Notes: Civil prisoners are excluded from this table. See Section 5 for definitions of main crime/offence and crime categories.

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