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Crime and Justice Statistics
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Current prison statistics bulletins include information on the average daily population of prisoners and the number of receptions disaggregated by age, gender, sentence type, sentence length and main crime. Population projections are published separately. The tables in the current bulletin are also available in a downloadable Excel workbook.
Date of next publication
Published
Link to publication
Prison Statistics Scotland: 2010-11
March 2011
December 2010
Prison Statistics Scotland: 2009-10
Scottish prison population projections: 2009-10 to 2018-19
Prison Statistics Scotland: 2008-09
November 2008
August 2008
November 2007
August 2007
Prison Statistics Scotland, 2005/06
August 2005
Prison Statistics Scotland, 2004/05
August 2004
Prison Statistics Scotland. 2003
September 2003
Prison Statistics Scotland, 2002
September 2002
Prison Statistics Scotland, 2001
November 2001
November 2000
Prison Statistics Scotland, 1999
December 1999
Prison Statistics Scotland, 1998 *
December 1998
Prison Statistics Scotland, 1997 *
* Available in PDF format only
Page updated: Friday, August 19, 2011