Civil justice statistics in Scotland 2021-22

Statistics on civil law cases in the Scottish courts together with other related information, such as statistics from the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey.

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Infographic

Top stacked bar chart showing the downward trend in initiated cases for the period 2012-13 to 2021-22. The bottom left picture showing that there were 1,700 evictions initiated in 2021-22, which is an 84% decrease from 10,500 in 2012-13. The middle bottom picture showing that there were 27,000 debt cases initiated in 2021-22, which is a 25% decrease from 35,900 in 2012-13. The bottom right picture showing that there were 12,300 family cases initiated in 2021-22, which is a decrease of 11% from 13,900 in 2012-13.

Contact

Email: justice_analysts@gov.scot

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