Statistical Bulletin Crime and Justice Series: Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 2006/07
Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts 2006-07
Table 1: Summary of known action, 1997/98 - 2006/07
Thousands
1997/98 |
1998/99 |
1999/00 |
2000/01 |
2001/02 |
2002/03 |
2003/04 |
2004/05 |
2005/06 |
2006/07 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Crimes and offences recorded by the police |
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Crimes |
421 |
434 |
435 |
418 |
426 |
418 |
414 |
438 |
418 |
419 |
Offences |
496 |
520 |
499 |
496 |
532 |
524 |
616 |
639 |
600 |
607 |
Crimes and offences cleared up by the police |
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Crimes |
167 |
187 |
188 |
186 |
191 |
193 |
196 |
195 |
191 |
199 |
Offences |
480 |
502 |
478 |
474 |
510 |
502 |
592 |
595 |
558 |
566 |
Crimes and offences dealt with by: |
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Offence referrals to Reporter to Children's Panel 1 |
28 |
28 |
31 |
27 |
29 |
30 |
34 |
36 |
38 |
36 |
Offences dealt with under Vehicle Defect Rectification Scheme 2 |
31 1 |
35 2 |
31 2 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Police conditional offers (Motor vehicle Offences) |
124 |
152 |
168 |
160 |
175 |
161 |
231 |
281 |
241 |
223 |
Procurator Fiscal action 3 |
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Total reports received 4 |
289 |
295 |
286 |
281 |
276 |
304 |
321 |
323 |
339 |
330 |
Fiscal warnings |
23 |
22 |
18 |
19 |
19 |
16 |
22 |
32 |
33 |
26 |
Conditional offers (Motor vehicle offences) 5 |
8 |
9 |
8 |
7 |
8 |
6 |
9 |
10 |
10 |
14 |
Fiscal fines 5 |
19 |
19 |
16 |
18 |
20 |
24 |
30 |
23 |
18 |
21 |
Diversion |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
No proceedings |
35 |
41 |
44 |
44 |
43 |
51 |
44 |
61 |
49 |
44 |
Persons proceeded against in court 6 |
171 |
156 |
148 |
132 |
140 |
138 |
147 |
149 |
147 |
154 |
1 Includes referrals from the procurator fiscal; a referral may relate to more than one offence.
2 Includes estimated data.
3 Figures shown for 1997/98 are for calendar year 1997.
4 Includes reports on deaths etc.
5 Figures relate to cases which were closed as offer accepted
6 1999/00 and 2000/01 have an estimated shortfall of around 3,300 proceedings in total - see Annexe B note 5
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