Journey Times in the Scottish Criminal Justice System 2024-25
This bulletin assesses an accused person’s criminal justice journey time from the date an offence is reported to the police to case conclusion or verdict for the period from 2024 to 2025. This journey time is broken down by justice system stage and type of crime.
11. Annexes
11.1. Annex A
The following supplementary tables are available alongside this publication in Open Document Spreadsheet format.
Table 2: Supplementary Tables
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Table |
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Table 1 |
Number and percentages of accused with cases closed by COPFS within 1 year and, over 1 year from police known date by financial year, 2017-18 to 2024-25. |
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Table 2 |
Median times from offence to case closed, police known to case closed, offence to police known, police known to COPFS report and COPFS report to case closed for accused with cases closed by COPFS direct measures or no action by financial year, 2017-18 to 2024-25. |
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Table 3 |
Number and percentages of accused that proceed to court with verdicts within 1 year and over 1 year from police known date by financial year, 2017-18 to 2024-25. |
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Table 4 |
Median and 90th percentile times from police known to verdict and offence to verdict for accused that proceed to court by destination court and financial year, 2017-18 to 2024-25. |
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Table 5 |
Median and 90th percentile times from police known to verdict and offence to verdict for accused that proceed to court by destination court, warrant status and financial year, 2017-18 to 2024-25. |
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Table 6 |
Median and 90th percentile times for stages of the justice process for accused that proceed to court by destination court and financial year, 2017-18 to 2024-25. |
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Table 7 |
Median and 90th percentile times for offence to verdict, police known to verdict and stages of the justice process for accused that proceed to court with Sexual crimes by destination court and financial year, 2017-18 to 2024-25. |
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Table 8 |
Median and 90th percentile times for offence to verdict, police known to verdict and stages of the justice process for accused that proceed to court with Non-sexual crimes of violence by destination court and financial year, 2017-18 to 2024-25. |
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Table 9 |
Median and 90th percentile times for offence to verdict, police known to verdict and stages of the justice process for accused that proceed to court with Crimes of dishonesty by destination court and financial year, 2017-18 to 2024-25. |
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Table 10 |
Median and 90th percentile times for offence to verdict, police known to verdict and stages of the justice process for accused that proceed to court with Damage and reckless behaviour crimes by destination court and financial year, 2017-18 to 2024-25. |
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Table 11 |
Median and 90th percentile times for offence to verdict, police known to verdict and stages of the justice process for accused that proceed to court with Crimes against society by destination court and financial year, 2017-18 to 2024-25. |
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Table 12 |
Median and 90th percentile times for offence to verdict, police known to verdict and stages of the justice process for accused that proceed to court by crime group, crime type and financial year, 2017-18 to 2024-25. |
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Table 13 |
Journey times for accused that proceed to court with Rape & attempted rape, Sexual assault and offences under Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 by historic and non-historic offences and financial year, 2017-18 to 2024-25. |
11.2. Annex B
The table shows the crime types in each crime group and the ranking that it has been used to classified each of the case-accused into different crime groups and types.
Table 3: Crime groups and types ranking used in the analysis.
| Crime groups ranking | Crime groups | Crime types ranking | Crime types |
| 1 | Sexual crimes (Group 2) | 1 | Rape & attempted rape |
| 2 | Sexual assault | ||
| 3 | Causing to view sexual activity or images | ||
| 4 | Communicating indecently | ||
| 5 | Threatening to or disclosing intimate images | ||
| 6 | Indecent photos of children | ||
| 7 | Crimes associated with prostitution | ||
| 8 | Other sexual crimes | ||
| 2 | Non-sexual crimes of violence (Group 1) | 9 | Murder and culpable homicide |
| 10 | Causing death by driving dangerously | ||
| 11 | Serious assault and attempted murder | ||
| 12 | Common assault | ||
| 13 | Robbery | ||
| 14 | Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 | ||
| 15 | Other non-sexual violence | ||
| 3 | Crimes of dishonesty (Group 3) | 16 | Housebreaking |
| 17 | Theft by opening lockfast places | ||
| 18 | Theft from a motor vehicle | ||
| 19 | Theft of a motor vehicle | ||
| 20 | Shoplifting | ||
| 21 | Other theft | ||
| 22 | Fraud | ||
| 23 | Other dishonesty | ||
| 4 | Damage and reckless behaviour (Group 4) | 24 | Fire-raising |
| 25 | Vandalism | ||
| 26 | Reckless conduct | ||
| 5 | Crimes against society (Group 5) | 27 | Crimes against public justice |
| 28 and 29 | Weapons possession (not used) | ||
| 30 | Drugs - Supply | ||
| 31 | Drugs - Possession | ||
| 32 | Other crimes against society |
Contact
Email: justice_analysts@gov.scot