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Publication - Statistics

Statistical bulletin - Crime and Justice series: Prison statistics Scotland 2010-11

Published
19 August 2011
ISBN
978178045346

This bulletin shows data up to 2010-11 on Scottish prison population level and characteristics, receptions to/liberations from Scottish prisons, and international comparisons.

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Direct sentenced receptions to penal establishments by main crime/offence:
2001-02 to 2010-11 Table 12

2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 % change over past year
Total crimes & offences 12,176 12,827 12,522 12,576 12,920 13,989 14,201 14,634 14,041 13,109 -7
Crimes 8,914 9,104 8,834 8,657 8,666 9,295 9,553 9,886 9,690 9,098 -6
Non-sexual crimes of violence 1,461 1,583 1,710 1,555 1,483 1,509 1,673 1,767 1,768 1,706 -4
Homicide 134 118 154 153 114 127 146 126 119 109 -8
Serious assault and attempted murder 785 891 994 898 898 920 1,040 1,154 1,129 1,086 -4
Robbery 513 514 503 440 396 396 408 429 424 389 8
Other 29 60 59 64 75 66 79 58 96 122 27
Crimes of indecency 223 213 236 220 247 207 180 197 221 160 -28
Rape and attempted rape 48 54 54 54 63 54 50 43 54 38 -30
Indecent assault 25 24 33 35 22 14 11 9 7 11 57
Lewd and indecent behaviour 126 106 113 90 117 104 72 109 118 81 -31
Other 24 29 36 41 45 35 47 36 42 30 -29
Crimes of dishonesty 5,041 4,850 4,396 4,198 3,925 3,994 3,746 3,926 3,708 3,517 -5
Housebreaking 1,246 1,174 1,108 1,012 891 929 780 779 772 731 -5
Theft by opening lockfast places ( OLP) 197 175 173 113 126 115 136 138 125 114 -9
Theft from a motor vehicle (by OLP) 105 155 153 159 120 111 139 127 90 88 -2
Theft of a motor vehicle 367 360 241 212 164 181 146 171 124 113 -9
Shoplifting1 1,298 1,650 1,523 1,491 1,528 1,488 1,403 1,450 1,392 1,350 -3
Other theft 1,330 826 727 790 688 666 646 708 687 621 -10
Fraud 144 133 133 115 137 180 186 239 211 186 -12
Other 354 377 338 306 271 324 310 314 307 314 2
Fire-raising,vandalism etc 246 282 325 331 360 367 397 411 388 392 1
Fire-raising 40 45 60 50 72 70 77 82 60 56 -7
Vandalism etc 206 237 265 281 288 297 320 329 328 336 2
Other crimes 1,943 2,176 2,167 2,353 2,651 3,218 3,557 3,585 3,605 3,323 -8
Crimes against public justice 448 498 494 558 671 930 1,035 1,011 1,009 1,011 *
Handling offensive weapons 555 715 662 781 918 1,081 1,117 1,170 1,075 884 -18
Drugs 924 951 996 989 1,005 1,120 1,293 1,327 1,458 1,372 -6
Other 16 12 15 25 57 87 112 77 63 56 -11
Offences 3,199 3,670 3,620 3,863 4,227 4,660 4,613 4,728 4,322 3,980 -8
Miscellaneous offences 2,052 2,241 2,235 2,642 3,054 3,504 3,565 3,840 3,636 3,421 -6
Common assault 1,095 1,162 1,171 1,426 1,601 1,783 1,864 2,039 1,954 1,887 -3
Breach of the peace2 819 911 875 1,014 1,167 1,400 1,411 1,424 1,386 1,054 -24
Drunkenness 2 4 2 1 - 3 1 2 1 3 n/a
Breach of social work orders1 53 54 59 60 89 132 80 102 61 34 -44
Other 83 110 128 141 197 186 209 273 234 443 89
Motor vehicle offences 1,147 1,429 1,385 1,221 1,173 1,156 1,048 888 686 559 -19
Dangerous and careless driving 114 176 174 153 142 169 176 154 121 108 -11
Drunk driving 149 196 179 188 163 194 168 164 130 115 -12
Speeding 1 1 - - - 4 - - 3 1 n/a
Unlawful use of vehicle 871 1,040 1,020 867 851 775 690 560 421 329 -22
Vehicle defect offences 1 - - 2 - 2 - 2 2 1 n/a
Other 11 16 12 11 17 12 14 8 9 5 -44
Unknown charge - - - - 2 - - - - - -
Other jurisdiction charge 63 53 68 56 25 34 35 20 29 31 7

Notes: Receptions do not equate to persons received since someone receiving a custodial sentence after a period on remand, or several custodial sentences at different times or from different courts, will be counted more than once (see Section 5 for more detail on counting conventions). Further breakdowns for adults and young offenders by sex are published on the web in Tables 12a-f.

1. Earlier publications included shoplifting in other theft and breach of social work orders in other prior to 2004-05: these categories were revised for the 2009-10 release to ensure a consistent time series.

2. The fall in this offence category may be due in part to changes in recording offences involving threatening/abusive behaviour or stalking as a result of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010. These would have previously been recorded under the common law offence of breach of the peace, but are currently classified under the category of other.

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