The Scottish Government

Percentage of persons with a charge proved receiving custodial sentences by main crime/offence, 1993-2002

Table 9

Main crime or offence

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

All crimes and offences

9

10

10

11

11

11

13

13

14

13

All crimes

21

22

22

23

22

22

25

25

26

26

Non-sexual crimes of violence

55

54

55

57

52

54

55

56

57

53

Homicide

85

83

86

88

85

86

84

85

86

90

Serious assault and attempted murder

53

51

51

53

48

48

49

51

52

49

Robbery

68

63

65

64

65

70

71

71

75

67

Other

12

17

21

27

20

20

18

18

12

19

Crimes of indecency

14

16

18

23

22

19

28

30

35

32

Rape and attempted rape

93

83

86

84

87

87

88

88

86

92

Indecent assault

32

35

38

38

27

27

45

42

35

28

Lewd and indecent behaviour

25

37

38

40

43

45

44

40

38

37

Other

3

3

5

6

7

4

7

10

15

12

Crimes of dishonesty

23

25

25

25

25

26

29

29

31

30

Housebreaking

41

43

44

44

45

47

51

53

51

51

Theft by opening a lockfast place

25

29

31

31

33

33

36

37

41

40

Theft of a motor vehicle

28

30

30

32

30

29

31

30

29

27

Shoplifting

20

23

21

20

21

22

26

26

29

28

Other theft

18

20

20

20

22

24

26

24

28

27

Fraud

9

8

8

11

9

12

13

10

12

11

Other

20

21

22

22

24

23

25

25

26

27

Fire-raising, vandalism, etc

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

8

Fire-raising

28

28

29

38

35

29

22

32

28

41

Vandalism, etc

7

7

7

7

6

7

7

7

7

7

Other crimes

16

16

17

19

17

16

17

18

19

19

Crimes against public justice

19

19

19

19

15

16

17

18

19

20

Handling an offensive weapon

23

25

25

27

25

24

25

27

24

26

Drugs

10

10

13

17

15

15

15

15

17

15

Other

32

22

39

26

14

33

48

62

32

23

All offences

4

4

5

5

6

6

6

7

7

7

Miscellaneous offences

7

8

8

9

9

11

12

13

13

13

Common assault

11

12

11

13

12

12

12

13

13

13

Breach of the peace

6

7

6

7

7

7

8

8

8

9

Drunkenness

*

1

1

1

2

2

3

1

1

1

Breach of social work orders

44

44

49

42

37

39

38

38

38

34

Other

*

*

*

1

1

1

1

1

2

3

Motor vehicle offences

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

3

3

Dangerous and careless driving

2

3

3

3

3

3

4

4

5

5

Drunk driving

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

Speeding

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Unlawful use of vehicle

3

4

4

5

5

5

6

6

6

6

Vehicle defect offences

-

-

-

-

-

*

-

-

*

-

Other

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*