Criminal proceedings in Scotland: 2018-2019
Statistics are presented on criminal proceedings concluded in Scottish courts and on a range of measures available as alternatives to prosecution, which are issued by the police and by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service.
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Table 22 Fiscal fixed penalties by main crime/offence and age and gender, 2018-191
Main crime or offence | Males | Females | ||||||||
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Under 21 | 21-30 | 31-40 | Over 40 | Total Male |
Under 21 | 21-30 | 31-40 | Over 40 | Total Female |
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Total number of Fiscal fixed penalties | 259 | 1,352 | 1,436 | 2,348 | 5,395 | 54 | 399 | 428 | 698 | 1,579 |
Serious driving offences 2 | 15 | 25 | 20 | 37 | 97 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 38 |
Speeding offences | 69 | 523 | 666 | 1,212 | 2,470 | 24 | 205 | 250 | 376 | 855 |
Signal and direction offences | 24 | 115 | 143 | 257 | 539 | 5 | 53 | 45 | 108 | 211 |
Lighting, construction & use offences | 58 | 146 | 120 | 212 | 536 | 6 | 18 | 11 | 31 | 66 |
Documentation offences | 78 | 380 | 347 | 451 | 1,256 | 17 | 96 | 83 | 140 | 336 |
Other motor vehicle offences3 | 15 | 163 | 140 | 179 | 497 | - | 21 | 28 | 24 | 73 |
Non-motor vehicle offences4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
percent by Fiscal fixed penalty type | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Serious driving offences 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Speeding offences | 27 | 39 | 46 | 52 | 46 | 44 | 51 | 58 | 54 | 54 |
Signal and direction offences | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 13 |
Lighting, construction & use offences | 22 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Documentation offences | 30 | 28 | 24 | 19 | 23 | 31 | 24 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
Other motor vehicle offences3 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | - | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
Non-motor vehicle offences4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1. Excludes a small number of records where age and / or gender are unknown.
2. In some circumstances fiscal fixed penalties can be issued for contraventions of Section 3 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (driving without due care and attention).
3. Contains a number of other offences, however around a half of fixed penalties given for this group were for mobile phone offences and half were seatbelt offences.
4. Contains bicycle offences and roadworks offences.
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