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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.

Table 7(b) Percentage of people convicted by main penalty, 2007-08 to 2016-17

Supporting documents

Main penalty	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
Total
Custody	13	13	13	13	15	15	13	13	14	14
Prison	10	11	11	11	12	13	12	12	12	12
Young offenders institution or detention centre	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Supervised release order	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Extended sentence	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Order for life-long restriction	-	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Community sentence	13	14	14	14	16	17	17	17	19	20
Community payback order	-	-	-	*	10	15	16	16	17	17
Restriction of liberty order	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Drug treatment & testing order	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	*	*	*
Community service order	4	5	5	5	2	*	*	*	*	*
Probation and other community sentences	7	8	8	7	2	*	*	*	*	*
Financial penalty	62	59	60	58	55	53	55	53	50	49
Fine	61	58	59	58	54	52	54	52	49	48
Compensation order	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Other sentence	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	17	17
Admonition	12	13	13	14	14	15	14	15	17	16
Absolute discharge, no order made	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	1	1	1
Remit to children's hearing	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Insanity, hospital, guardianship order	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

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