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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 |
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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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