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

Supporting documents

Table 7(a): People with a charge proved by main penalty, 2005-06 to 2014-15

Main penalty	2005-06¹	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	% change 2013-14 to 2014-15
										Number
Total	128,204	134,413	133,607	125,892	121,041	115,575	108,388	101,015	105,626	106,507	1
Custody	15,081	16,758	16,761	16,944	15,800	15,313	15,921	14,785	14,142	13,977	-1
Prison	12,154	13,489	13,593	13,905	13,016	13,120	13,703	13,068	12,808	12,736	-1
Young offenders institution	2,903	3,245	3,142	3,017	2,753	2,168	2,202	1,690	1,312	1,217	-7
Order for life-long restriction	-	-	-	1	9	13	10	17	17	20	18
Other custody	24	24	26	21	22	12	6	10	5	4	-20
Community sentence	15,974	16,077	16,709	17,922	16,350	15,616	16,934	17,264	18,273	18,519	1
Community payback order	-	-	-	-	-	461	10,380	14,940	16,375	16,693	2
Community service order	5,183	5,286	5,601	5,784	5,471	5,307	2,642	479	141	68	-52
Probation	8,786	8,614	9,002	9,912	8,893	7,935	2,305	293	82	48	-41
Restriction of liberty order	1,136	1,179	1,155	1,143	931	831	845	919	1,078	1,172	9
Drug treatment & testing order	758	865	822	885	808	806	642	608	590	538	-9
Other community sentences²	111	133	129	198	247	276	120	25	7	-	-100
Financial penalty	82,194	84,820	83,344	73,991	72,491	67,576	59,320	53,429	57,795	56,843	-2
Fine	80,723	83,445	82,019	72,838	71,452	66,492	58,395	52,661	56,921	56,003	-2
Compensation order	1,471	1,375	1,325	1,153	1,039	1,084	925	768	874	840	-4
Other sentence¹	14,951	16,758	16,793	17,035	16,400	17,070	16,213	15,537	15,416	17,168	11
Admonition³	14,175	15,967	16,084	16,398	15,687	16,421	15,577	15,011	14,839	16,418	11
Absolute discharge, no order made	401	413	430	412	523	460	472	361	462	658	42
Remit to children's hearing	260	313	259	209	175	170	140	133	94	67	-29
Insanity, hospital, guardianship order	115	65	20	16	15	19	24	32	21	25	19
Average amount of penalty
Custody (days)⁴	229	232	248	262	281	277	286	284	293	285
Fine^5,6 (£)	150	150	175	200	180	180	200	200	180	200
Compensation order^6,7(£)	101	150	150	180	180	190	200	200	200	200

1. Includes a small number of sentences unknown for the years 2005-06. 2. Includes supervised attendance orders, community reparation orders and anti-social behaviour orders. 3. Includes a small number of court cautions and dog-related disposals. 4. Figures for 2014-15 may be underestimated due to delayed reporting of high court records. 5. Excludes company fines. 6. Excludes a small number of large fines and calculated as the median. 7. As main or secondary penalty.

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