Publication - Statistics

Statistical Bulletin Crime and Justice Series: Prison Statistics Scotland: 2009-10

Published: 20 December 2010
ISBN: 9780755998722

Statistical bulletin showing information on the Scottish prison population.

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Scottish Prison Population Statistics and Projections

Table 12: Direct sentenced receptions to penal establishments by age and sex: 2000-01 to 2009-10

	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	% change over past year
Total	11,595	12,176	12,828	12,522	12,576	12,922	13,990	14,204	14,634	14,056	-4
Under 16	-	1	4	5	-	2	3	5	5	1	-80
16	86	103	134	96	123	134	159	130	109	89	-18
17	360	358	373	354	317	373	388	406	374	323	-14
18	626	532	484	456	498	513	555	585	585	570	-3
19	687	641	599	510	537	568	581	619	590	548	-7
20	733	756	631	581	473	573	599	611	601	614	2
21 - 30	5,506	5,897	6,285	6,155	5,920	5,689	6,099	6,371	6,418	6,132	-4
31 - 40	2,565	2,692	3,056	3,075	3,189	3,413	3,638	3,524	3,779	3,548	-6
41 - 50	710	831	881	919	1,156	1,211	1,519	1,460	1,642	1,690	3
Over 50	322	365	381	371	363	446	449	493	531	541	2
Men	11,029	11,487	12,115	11,744	11,725	12,090	13,057	13,262	13,609	13,034	-4
Under 16	-	1	4	4	-	2	3	5	5	1	-80
16	81	100	128	94	117	134	147	125	104	84	-19
17	347	339	353	336	299	364	376	383	350	293	-16
18	588	516	453	440	473	487	518	563	555	541	-3
19	657	601	570	468	507	544	551	583	566	516	-9
20	687	700	594	541	431	544	560	584	565	585	4
21 - 30	5,221	5,553	5,931	5,756	5,493	5,284	5,639	5,914	5,934	5,678	-4
31 - 40	2,445	2,538	2,869	2,894	2,979	3,161	3,410	3,287	3,496	3,282	-6
41 - 50	685	788	844	858	1,084	1,146	1,429	1,368	1,536	1,556	1
Over 50	318	351	369	353	342	424	424	450	498	498	-
Women	566	689	713	778	851	832	933	942	1,025	1,022	*
Under 16	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
16	5	3	6	2	6	-	12	5	5	5	-
17	13	19	20	18	18	9	12	23	24	30	25
18	38	16	31	16	25	26	37	22	30	29	-3
19	30	40	29	42	30	24	30	36	24	32	33
20	46	56	37	40	42	29	39	27	36	29	-19
21 - 30	285	344	354	399	427	405	460	457	484	454	-6
31 - 40	120	154	187	181	210	252	228	237	283	266	-6
41 - 50	25	43	37	61	72	65	90	92	106	134	26
Over 50	4	14	12	18	21	22	25	43	33	43	30

Notes: Receptions do not equate to persons received since someone receiving a custodial sentence after a period on remand, or several custodial sentences at different times or from different courts, will be counted more than once. Counting conventions are described in more detail in Section 5.

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