Criminal proceedings in Scotland 2017-2018

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.

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Table 19 People given COPFS disposals by disposal type, 2008-09 to 2017-181

  2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 % change 16-17 to 17-18
All COPFS disposals 62,828 59,108 60,099 67,341 87,591 82,446 63,114 62,468 41,818 41,824 0
Fiscal fine 38,418 36,057 35,604 42,184 47,968 47,324 36,314 34,476 21,823 22,686 4
Fiscal fixed penalty 18,092 18,592 20,357 21,067 21,669 23,487 15,487 10,748 8,430 6,544 -22
Fiscal warning - - - - 14,527 8,864 8,697 14,049 8,662 9,389 8
Fiscal combined fine + compensation 1,405 2,030 2,195 2,713 2,334 1,933 1,986 2,671 2,217 1,979 -11
Fiscal compensation 1,992 1,985 1,838 1,322 1,023 783 597 506 669 1,217 82
Fiscal fixed penalties (Pre-SJR) 2,921 444 105 55 70 55 33 18 17 9 -47

1. Due to the way they were recorded by COPFS, Fiscal Warning statistics are unavailable before 2012-13.

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