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Criminal proceedings in Scotland 2016-17: statistics
Published:
27 Feb 2018
Statistics on criminal proceedings concluded in Scottish courts and alternatives to prosecution, issued by the police and by the Crown Office.
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Criminal proceedings in Scotland 2016-17: statistics
Table 7(a) People convicted by main penalty, 2007-08 to 2016-17
Table 7(a) People convicted by main penalty, 2007-08 to 2016-17
| Main penalty | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | % change
15-16 to 16-17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total 1 | 133,608 | 125,893 | 121,041 | 115,581 | 108,424 | 101,019 | 105,664 | 106,583 | 99,962 | 92,334 | -8 |
| Custody | 16,762 | 16,946 | 15,802 | 15,320 | 15,950 | 14,790 | 14,172 | 14,041 | 13,766 | 12,690 | -8 |
| Prison | 13,378 | 13,709 | 12,760 | 12,810 | 13,356 | 12,728 | 12,402 | 12,324 | 12,032 | 11,265 | -6 |
| Young offenders institution | 3,089 | 2,960 | 2,679 | 2,082 | 2,105 | 1,606 | 1,244 | 1,155 | 1,184 | 1,014 | -14 |
| Supervised release order | 178 | 206 | 179 | 230 | 267 | 265 | 286 | 325 | 351 | 236 | -33 |
| Extended sentence | 117 | 70 | 175 | 185 | 212 | 174 | 223 | 217 | 189 | 166 | -12 |
| Order for life-long restriction | - | 1 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 9 | -10 |
| Community sentence | 16,709 | 17,921 | 16,349 | 15,615 | 16,937 | 17,263 | 18,276 | 18,584 | 18,949 | 18,600 | -2 |
| Community payback order | - | - | - | 461 | 10,380 | 14,940 | 16,379 | 16,769 | 16,763 | 15,918 | -5 |
| Restriction of liberty order | 1,155 | 1,143 | 931 | 831 | 845 | 919 | 1,078 | 1,174 | 1,643 | 2,200 | 34 |
| Drug treatment & testing order | 822 | 885 | 807 | 806 | 642 | 607 | 589 | 525 | 474 | 439 | -7 |
| Community service order | 5,601 | 5,784 | 5,471 | 5,306 | 2,642 | 479 | 141 | 68 | 40 | 16 | -60 |
| Probation and other community sentences 1 | 9,131 | 10,109 | 9,140 | 8,211 | 2,428 | 318 | 89 | 48 | 29 | 27 | -7 |
| Financial penalty | 83,344 | 73,991 | 72,491 | 67,576 | 59,320 | 53,429 | 57,797 | 56,779 | 49,872 | 44,999 | -10 |
| Fine | 82,019 | 72,838 | 71,452 | 66,492 | 58,395 | 52,661 | 56,923 | 55,939 | 49,100 | 44,272 | -10 |
| Compensation order | 1,325 | 1,153 | 1,039 | 1,084 | 925 | 768 | 874 | 840 | 772 | 727 | -6 |
| Other sentence | 16,793 | 17,035 | 16,399 | 17,070 | 16,217 | 15,537 | 15,419 | 17,179 | 17,375 | 16,045 | -8 |
| Admonition 1,2 | 16,084 | 16,398 | 15,687 | 16,421 | 15,577 | 15,011 | 14,839 | 16,427 | 16,501 | 15,228 | -8 |
| Absolute discharge, no order made | 430 | 412 | 522 | 460 | 476 | 361 | 465 | 660 | 788 | 688 | -13 |
| Remit to children's hearing | 259 | 209 | 175 | 170 | 140 | 133 | 94 | 67 | 77 | 101 | 31 |
| Insanity, hospital, guardianship order | 20 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 24 | 32 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 28 | 211 |
| Average amount of penalty | |||||||||||
| Custody (days) | 249 | 263 | 282 | 278 | 290 | 285 | 296 | 289 | 293 | 313 | |
| Fine(£) 3,4 | 175 | 200 | 180 | 180 | 200 | 200 | 180 | 200 | 200 | 200 | |
| Compensation order(£) 4,5 | 150 | 180 | 180 | 190 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 250 | |
1. Includes supervised attendance orders, community reparation orders and anti-social behaviour orders.
2. Includes a small number of court cautions and dog-related disposals.
3. Excludes company fines.
4. Calculated as the median.
5. As main or secondary penalty.