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CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN SCOTTISH COURTS, 2002

Summary of known action, 1993-2002

Table 1

Thousands

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

Crimes and offences recorded by the police

Crimes 1

517

500

476

452

421

432

436

423

421

427

Offences

442

464

452

452

487

516

504

500

525

509

Crimes and offences cleared up by the police

Crimes 1

160

169

168

166

164

178

189

188

189

196

Offences

419

442

432

433

467

497

484

479

503

486

Crimes and offences dealt with by:

Offence referrals to Reporter to Children's Panel 2,3

23

26

28

28

28

28

31

27

29

30

Offences dealt with under Vehicle Defect

Rectification Scheme

21

23

30

28

31

35

31

27

29

30

Police conditional offers (Motor vehicle Offences) 4

90

112

110

124

124

152

168

160

175

161

Procurator Fiscal action

Total reports received 5

318

290

281

282

289

293

282

289

284

293

Fiscal warnings

15

16

18

19

23

22

19

18

20

16

Conditional offers (Motor vehicle offences) 4,6

46

9

11

8

8

9

9

8

8

6

Fiscal fines 6

16

15

17

14

19

19

18

16

19

24

Diversion

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

No proceedings

36

45

37

38

35

40

43

45

43

48

Persons proceeded against in court

184

179

177

175

173

159

147

137

140

143

1 Excludes the offence of offending while on bail, which ceased to be a separate offence from April 1996.
2 Includes referrals from the procurator fiscal; a referral may relate to more than one offence.
3 From 1996 onwards, data are on a financial year basis - 1996 = 1996/1997, etc
4 Police conditional offers for motor vehicle offences were introduced on 1 April 1993.
5 Includes reports on deaths etc.
6 From 1 April 1996, these figures relate to offers accepted rather than offers made.
7 Includes estimated data.

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