cp(s)a section 306: Costs, Sentencing Profiles and the Scottish Criminal Justice System 2004/05

Table 18
Fines imposed in Sheriff Summary Courts as Main Penalty, 2001/02 to 2004/05

Sheriff Court	Per cent fined				Average amount of fine (£) ⁽¹⁾				Number fined
Sheriff Court	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2004/05
Aberdeen	52	53	54	52	292	304	292	439	2,351
Airdrie	55	57	57	52	258	268	260	344	1,389
Alloa	51	50	58	44	305	316	308	251	534
Arbroath	56	59	59	55	239	241	257	243	586
Ayr	46	48	47	42	253	233	247	275	1,259
Banff	62	69	73	69	412	434	339	934	251
Campbeltown	66	71	67	67	255	277	248	337	166
Cupar	53	60	63	56	226	216	228	231	371
Dingwall	72	72	76	71	383	318	377	549	330
Dornoch	79	74	71	75	478	410	525	611	97
Dumbarton	50	59	54	53	239	244	236	256	1,066
Dumfries	62	60	59	68	273	276	285	276	1,827
Dundee	42	43	50	41	200	204	226	232	1,700
Dunfermline	56	61	56	48	243	264	282	257	954
Dunoon	57	59	56	57	241	234	259	247	207
Duns	65	69	69	63	260	260	307	271	196
Edinburgh	56	54	54	52	278	301	350	292	4,037
Elgin	69	69	70	67	395	429	482	483	925
Falkirk	50	51	52	46	238	284	273	276	1,284
Forfar	52	52	63	60	320	276	336	359	534
Fort William	61	67	65	66	362	429	482	574	286
Glasgow	44	42	40	40	241	238	259	239	3,515
Greenock	37	42	42	40	237	253	241	307	686
Haddington	60	57	56	51	275	281	351	318	422
Hamilton	56	52	52	50	255	270	251	263	2,785
Inverness	69	65	64	64	307	272	312	332	1,368
Jedburgh	50	53	53	50	287	278	276	251	372
Kilmarnock	54	54	53	53	380	337	306	295	2,166
Kirkcaldy	51	53	54	48	211	224	251	247	1,332
Kirkcudbright	54	73	72	63	401	312	377	394	215
Kirkwall	62	75	75	62	274	279	269	441	136
Lanark	64	58	53	48	298	314	303	313	493
Lerwick	64	77	74	65	402	354	337	596	224
Linlithgow	67	69	62	54	245	247	297	292	1,183
Lochmaddy	65	64	75	62	358	291	429	416	52
Oban	62	65	66	64	325	425	477	364	241
Paisley	50	52	53	50	303	297	319	306	1,508
Peebles	73	67	67	59	411	278	378	340	108
Perth	64	66	67	63	294	328	294	323	1,449
Peterhead	63	70	71	73	344	334	628	305	652
Portree	82	78	79	66	263	270	297	283	73
Rothesay	49	53	61	47	184	189	171	222	74
Selkirk	55	55	61	52	282	307	286	286	347
Stirling	56	59	59	55	246	286	269	264	1,035
Stonehaven	67	66	80	84	348	289	356	366	325
Stornoway	77	76	72	59	482	471	499	575	143
Stranraer	70	69	66	67	357	392	386	360	670
Tain	60	57	57	57	367	331	342	331	312
Wick	71	66	65	60	491	474	507	553	210
Scotland ⁽²⁾	54	54	55	52	279	283	301	310	42,446

(1) Average of total fines imposed for all charges proved -see Annex A.3 of Annex.
(2) Includes court place not known.

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