Statistical Bulletin Crime and Justice Series: Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 2006/07

Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts 2006-07


Table 5: Numbers of persons with a charge proved 1 per 1,000 population by sex and age, 1997/98-2006/07

Type of accused

1997/98

1998/99

1999/00

2000/01

2001/02

2002/03

2003/04

2004/05

2005/06

2006/07

All persons 2

Total 3

36

33

31

28

30

31

33

33

32

33

Under 16 4

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.3

16

42

42

33

25

28

32

30

32

38

39

17

110

100

92

80

79

82

83

84

86

97

18

141

130

117

109

114

110

108

104

106

113

19

140

122

113

102

110

114

109

103

100

105

20

122

120

106

96

107

110

106

96

93

98

21-25

96

91

87

80

87

92

92

89

83

85

26-30

68

63

60

55

61

64

70

72

69

70

31-40

41

38

36

33

35

38

41

43

43

45

Over 40 5

13

11

11

9

10

11

12

13

13

13

Males

Total 3

64

59

55

48

52

54

54

56

55

58

Under 16 4

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.3

0.5

0.4

0.4

0.5

0.5

16

74

75

60

44

51

57

56

56

67

68

17

196

177

163

141

139

144

152

146

148

167

18

250

228

205

193

203

193

199

182

185

194

19

254

218

200

180

195

203

197

182

177

182

20

216

216

185

169

191

194

187

167

164

171

21-25

168

159

154

140

152

157

158

148

140

144

26-30

117

110

106

96

107

111

114

121

115

116

31-40

70

67

64

56

61

64

65

73

73

76

Over 40 5

23

21

20

16

18

19

20

22

22

23

Females

Total 3

10

9

8

8

8

9

10

10

10

10

Under 16 4

0.06

0.01

0.02

0.04

0.02

0.02

0.07

0.07

0.03

0.05

16

7

8

6

5

5

6

5

7

8

7

17

22

21

19

16

17

17

17

17

21

22

18

28

29

26

24

22

23

21

23

24

27

19

28

25

26

23

26

24

25

23

21

25

20

27

26

26

23

22

27

25

25

21

23

21-25

25

24

23

22

23

27

28

28

25

25

26-30

20

17

16

16

18

20

24

24

24

23

31-40

13

11

10

10

11

13

16

16

15

15

Over 40 5

4

3

3

3

3

4

4

4

4

4

1 Number of occasions when a person had a charge proved.
2 Includes sex not known; excludes companies.
3 Includes age not known; uses mid-year population estimate for those aged 8-70.
4 Uses mid-year population estimate for those aged 8-15.
5 Uses mid-year population estimate for those aged 41-70.

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