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Publication - Statistics

Statistical Bulletin Crime and Justice Series: Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 2006/07

Published
3 June 2008
Part of
Law and order
ISBN
ISBN97807559

Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts 2006-07

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Table 10: Persons receiving a custodial sentence by main crime/offence and length of sentence, 2006/07

Main crime or offence

Total 1

Up to
3 months

Over 3
months to
6 months


Over 6
months to
2 years

Over 2
years to
less than
4 years

4 years
and
over


Life

Indeterminate
Detention

Average
length of
sentence
(days) 2

Up to
3 months

(Percentages)

Over 2
years to
less than
4 years

4 years
and over
including
life etc

Over 3
months to
6 months

Over 6
months
to 2 years

All crimes and offences

18,134

10,046

4,640

2,437

592

364

51

3

201

55

26

13

3

2

All crimes

11,094

5,583

2,809

1,750

550

348

51

3

253

50

25

16

5

4

Non-sexual crimes of violence

1,235

62

116

573

247

184

50

3

805

5

9

46

20

19

Homicide

97

-

-

6

12

28

48

3

1739

-

-

6

12

81

Serious assault and attempted murder

712

17

56

375

156

107

1

-

788

2

8

53

22

15

Robbery

356

25

49

168

71

42

1

-

763

7

14

47

20

12

Other

70

20

11

24

8

7

-

-

571

29

16

34

11

10

Crimes of indecency

187

26

8

56

35

61

1

-

1100

14

4

30

19

33

Rape and attempted rape

42

-

-

4

7

31

-

-

1989

-

-

10

17

74

Indecent assault

24

2

4

12

4

2

-

-

718

8

17

50

17

8

Lewd and indecent behaviour

93

15

3

33

19

22

1

-

902

16

3

35

20

25

Other

28

9

1

7

5

6

-

-

744

32

4

25

18

21

Crimes of dishonesty

5,235

2,857

1,838

465

60

15

-

-

133

55

35

9

1

*

Housebreaking

1,022

337

428

220

33

4

-

-

212

33

42

22

3

*

Theft by opening a lockfast place

338

168

136

31

2

1

-

-

133

50

40

9

1

*

Theft of a motor vehicle

265

145

86

31

2

1

-

-

133

55

32

12

1

*

Shoplifting

2,217

1,443

734

38

2

-

-

-

90

65

33

2

*

-

Other theft

801

413

323

59

6

-

-

-

118

52

40

7

1

-

Fraud

201

89

54

40

12

6

-

-

268

44

27

20

6

3

Other

391

262

77

46

3

3

-

-

136

67

20

12

1

1

Fire-raising, vandalism etc.

476

326

73

63

10

4

-

-

158

68

15

13

2

1

Fire-raising

67

12

10

33

8

4

-

-

482

18

15

49

12

6

Vandalism etc.

409

314

63

30

2

-

-

-

105

77

15

7

*

-

Other crimes

3,961

2,312

774

593

198

84

-

-

218

58

20

15

5

2

Crimes against public justice

1,720

1,486

182

48

-

4

-

-

74

86

11

3

-

*

Handling an offensive weapon

1,044

467

380

188

9

-

-

-

160

45

36

18

1

-

Drugs

1,122

330

182

345

186

79

-

-

492

29

16

31

17

7

Other

75

29

30

12

3

1

-

-

221

39

40

16

4

1

All offences

7,040

4,463

1,831

687

42

16

-

-

120

63

26

10

1

*

Miscellaneous offences

5,805

4,015

1,333

404

36

16

-

-

113

69

23

7

1

*

Common assault

2,126

1,115

726

258

18

9

-

-

144

52

34

12

1

*

Breach of the peace

1,844

1,540

235

62

6

1

-

-

83

84

13

3

*

*

Drunkenness

4

4

-

-

-

-

-

-

38

100

-

-

-

-

Breach of social work orders

1,613

1,236

313

61

2

-

-

-

89

77

19

4

*

-

Other

218

120

59

23

10

6

-

-

228

55

27

11

5

3

Motor vehicle offences

1,235

448

498

283

6

-

-

-

157

36

40

23

*

-

Dangerous and careless driving

166

51

62

49

4

-

-

-

213

31

37

30

2

-

Drunk driving

224

128

85

11

-

-

-

-

105

57

38

5

-

-

Speeding

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Unlawful use of vehicle

836

263

348

223

2

-

-

-

161

31

42

27

*

-

Vehicle defect offences

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Other

9

6

3

-

-

-

-

-

98

-

-

-

-

-

1 Includes a small number of cases where sentence length is unknown
2 Excludes life sentences and indeterminate detention. Average sentence length figures for some categories may be underestimated slightly due to late recording of some High Court disposals on SCRO.

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