Publication - Statistics

CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN SCOTLAND 2014-15

Published: 23 February 2016
ISBN: 9781786520364

Summary of offences dealt with by courts, sentencing outcomes and characteristics of convicted offenders. Additional information on non-court penalties issued by the Police and Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service.

Criminal proceedings in Scotland statistics

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Table 5: Numbers of people with a charge proved per 1,000 population by sex and age, 2005-06 to 2014-15

Type of accused¹	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
All People^2,3
Total⁴	27	29	28	26	25	24	22	21	22	22
Under 16⁵	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
16	38	39	34	29	22	17	15	11	8	7
17	85	94	86	72	55	47	38	30	25	23
18	102	108	104	85	68	60	52	42	37	38
19	95	99	98	80	71	63	55	46	43	42
20	89	94	92	77	74	64	56	47	46	43
21-25	78	81	81	73	69	63	56	51	49	48
26-30	66	67	67	65	60	58	54	51	52	51
31-40	41	43	43	43	43	43	41	40	42	44
41-50	21	22	23	22	23	23	22	22	24	25
51-100	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6
Male
Total⁴	48	50	50	46	44	42	39	36	37	38
Under 16⁵	1	*	1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
16	68	69	60	50	38	29	26	19	14	12
17	147	164	150	125	94	82	64	50	42	39
18	180	189	180	149	119	102	91	71	63	64
19	170	175	169	140	124	110	95	81	74	70
20	159	166	162	133	128	110	97	80	79	73
21-25	133	141	140	126	119	107	97	87	85	83
26-30	109	112	113	108	101	98	91	86	88	86
31-40	70	74	73	73	73	72	69	67	71	74
41-50	36	38	38	38	38	38	38	37	41	42
51-100	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	11	11
Female
Total⁴	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7
Under 16⁵	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	-
16	8	7	7	7	5	4	3	3	2	2
17	20	21	20	17	16	11	10	8	7	6
18	23	25	24	19	17	17	13	11	10	12
19	20	23	25	20	17	15	15	12	12	12
20	20	22	22	20	19	18	15	14	13	13
21-25	23	24	23	21	20	19	16	15	14	14
26-30	23	22	21	22	21	19	18	17	17	17
31-40	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	13	15	16
41-50	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9
51-100	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2

1. A person who had a charge proved more than once within an individual year will be counted more than once .

2. Figures in the table are calculated as ratios per 1,000 of the Scottish population.

3. Includes sex not known; excludes companies.

4. Includes age not known; uses mid-year population estimate for those aged 8-100.

5. Uses mid-year population estimate for those aged 8-15.

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