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 3: People with a charge proved by type of court, 2005-06 to 2014-15

Type of court	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
										Number
All court types	128,204	134,413	133,607	125,892	121,041	115,575	108,388	101,015	105,626	106,507
High court ^1,2	885	908	861	810	770	702	732	705	673	567
Sheriff solemn	3,969	4,682	5,195	4,532	4,222	4,020	4,138	4,304	4,234	4,773
Sheriff summary ³	82,611	87,087	85,703	78,329	69,773	65,360	64,264	60,045	59,146	59,788
Justice of the Peace court ⁴	40,739	41,736	41,848	42,221	46,276	45,493	39,254	35,961	41,573	41,379
										Per cent
Type of court	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
All court types	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
High court ^1,2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Sheriff solemn	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4
Sheriff summary ³	64	65	64	62	58	57	59	59	56	56
Justice of the Peace court ⁴	32	31	31	34	38	39	36	36	39	39
								Index: 2005-06=100
Type of court	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
All court types	100	105	104	98	94	90	85	79	82	83
High court ^1,2	100	103	97	92	87	79	83	80	76	64
Sheriff solemn	100	118	131	114	106	101	104	108	107	120
Sheriff summary ³	100	105	104	95	84	79	78	73	72	72
Justice of the Peace court ⁴	100	102	103	104	114	112	96	88	102	102

1. Includes cases remitted to the High court from the Sheriff court.

2. The figures for 2014-15, and to an extent earlier years, may be underestimated due to late recording of disposals. See annex notes B13 to B16.

3. Includes the stipendiary magistrates court in Glasgow. Revision in 2014-15 bulletin has corrected some records for stipendiary court proceedings that were incorrectly coded as sheriff summary cases. See annex B15.

4. Includes District courts up to 2009-10.

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