The Scottish Government

Numbers of persons with a charge proved ¹ per 1,000 population by sex and age, 1993-2002

Table 5

Type of accused

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

All persons ²

Total ³

40

39

38

37

37

34

31

29

29

31

Under 16 ⁴

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.1

0.2

0.3

16

42

43

46

44

42

42

36

26

27

31

17

109

103

110

116

112

103

94

82

79

77

18

142

136

142

153

148

130

116

114

114

109

19

137

127

126

135

138

126

115

104

111

113

20

124

125

116

125

124

115

107

99

107

108

21-25

98

98

98

97

98

93

87

83

86

91

26-30

68

68

68

67

68

64

60

58

60

64

31-40

43

43

43

42

41

39

36

34

35

37

Over 40 ⁵

14

14

14

13

13

12

11

10

10

11

Males

Total ³

66

66

64

63

62

58

53

49

50

51

Under 16 ⁴

0.6

0.7

0.7

0.6

0.5

0.5

0.3

0.2

0.3

0.5

16

79

81

85

82

79

76

66

48

50

58

17

201

193

202

214

204

189

170

148

146

141

18

258

251

263

278

271

235

210

205

209

200

19

249

231

229

246

246

228

204

185

198

204

20

222

227

206

224

221

203

191

174

192

189

21-25

168

172

170

169

169

160

149

142

148

156

26-30

110

114

112

111

113

108

101

95

100

104

31-40

68

70

70

67

68

64

59

55

56

58

Over 40 ⁵

23

23

23

21

21

20

18

16

16

18

Females

Total ³

13

11

11

11

10

9

8

8

8

9

Under 16 ⁴

0.02

0.03

0.06

0.05

0.04

0.02

0.02

0.03

0.02

0.01

16

7

5.9

9

7

7

8

5.8

5.4

4.3

5.8

17

20

16

18

21

21

20

19

17

15

16

18

27

23

25

28

28

27

25

24

23

22

19

27

22

24

25

27

25

25

23

25

24

20

28

25

24

26

26

26

25

24

23

26

21-25

28

25

26

25

25

26

24

22

23

26

26-30

25

22

22

21

21

19

17

18

18

21

31-40

17

15

15

15

13

12

11

11

11

14

Over 40 ⁵

5.2

4.2

4.3

3.9

3.8

3.3

2.7

2.8

2.8

3.5