Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 2005/06

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Table 12
Persons (excluding companies) with a charge proved by main penalty, sex and age, 1996/97-2005/06

1996/97

1997/98

1998/99

1999/00

2000/01

2001/02

2002/03

2003/04

2004/05

2005/06

% change
04/05-05/06

Total 1

150,783

148,614

136,506

127,526

112,832

121,248

127,410

133,124

134,493

128,091

-5

Custody 2

16,937

16,299

16,027

15,894

15,656

16,494

17,320

16,567

16,697

15,967

-4

Males

Total 3

16,094

15,434

15,059

14,884

14,723

15,368

16,103

15,266

15,323

14,711

-4

Under 21

4,765

4,371

4,327

4,056

3,979

3,773

3,518

3,184

2,997

3,105

4

21-30

7,324

6,955

6,664

6,985

6,850

7,338

7,889

7,483

7,241

6,428

-11

Over 30

4,004

4,108

4,066

3,842

3,893

4,256

4,696

4,599

5,084

5,178

2

Females

Total 3

843

865

968

1,010

933

1,126

1,217

1,301

1,374

1,256

-9

Under 21

102

174

247

325

299

307

258

250

224

147

-34

21-30

470

460

475

497

454

531

638

654

717

624

-13

Over 30

271

231

246

188

180

288

321

397

433

485

12

Community sentence 2

12,320

12,515

12,921

12,366

12,488

13,800

15,939

15,563

17,005

16,481

-3

Males

Total 3

10,762

10,775

11,000

10,389

10,633

11,658

13,341

12,969

14,258

13,769

-3

Under 21

4,811

4,505

4,669

4,132

3,997

4,128

4,563

4,082

4,422

4,270

-3

21-30

3,773

3,866

3,884

3,754

3,963

4,469

5,136

5,054

5,461

5,189

-5

Over 30

2,176

2,399

2,444

2,502

2,673

3,059

3,642

3,833

4,374

4,310

-1

Females

Total 3

1,558

1,740

1,921

1,977

1,855

2,142

2,598

2,594

2,747

2,712

-1

Under 21

424

459

547

548

544

515

562

518

568

574

1

21-30

641

727

774

889

795

1,015

1,258

1,150

1,187

1,180

-1

Over 30

492

553

597

539

516

612

777

926

992

958

-3

Financial penalty 2

104,630

103,728

92,548

85,414

71,846

77,483

79,994

86,138

85,016

80,547

-5

Males

Total 3

90,728

89,723

81,179

75,019

62,034

67,583

68,395

73,014

71,627

68,463

-4

Under 21

18,293

17,819

16,168

14,841

12,755

14,129

14,108

14,498

13,891

13,782

-1

21-30

36,549

35,597

31,214

27,865

23,076

25,131

24,840

25,995

25,057

23,562

-6

Over 30

34,897

35,380

32,926

31,549

25,571

28,049

29,431

32,517

32,675

31,116

-5

Females

Total 3

13,902

14,005

11,369

10,395

9,812

9,900

11,599

13,124

13,389

12,084

-10

Under 21

1,898

1,883

1,669

1,538

1,369

1,330

1,446

1,563

1,498

1,470

-2

21-30

5,468

5,562

4,469

3,867

3,639

3,694

4,040

4,597

4,638

4,146

-11

Over 30

6,132

6,236

4,983

4,742

4,582

4,815

6,110

6,963

7,253

6,468

-11

Other sentence 2

16,896

16,072

15,010

13,852

12,842

13,471

14,157

14,856

15,775

15,096

-4

Males

Total 3

12,747

12,147

11,345

10,450

9,527

10,170

10,611

11,023

11,721

11,246

-4

Under 21

4,152

4,183

4,093

3,535

2,957

3,202

3,366

3,253

3,338

3,256

-2

21-30

4,041

3,687

3,293

3,164

3,103

3,312

3,504

3,591

3,627

3,402

-6

Over 30

4,429

4,209

3,918

3,704

3,418

3,642

3,738

4,178

4,756

4,588

-4

Females

Total 3

4,149

3,925

3,665

3,402

3,315

3,301

3,546

3,833

4,054

3,850

-5

Under 21

946

924

940

872

750

758

752

732

744

757

2

21-30

1,511

1,434

1,403

1,253

1,267

1,288

1,372

1,537

1,540

1,452

-6

Over 30

1,499

1,477

1,265

1,265

1,277

1,245

1,422

1,563

1,770

1,641

-7

1 Includes sentence unknown.
2 Excludes persons with sex unknown.
3 Includes persons with age unknown.

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