The Scottish Government

Persons (excluding companies) with a charge proved by main penalty, sex and age, 1993-2002

Table 12

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

% change 2001-2002

Total

161,543

158,187

155,746

152,275

149,771

139,205

127,007

117,748

119,981

124,609

4

Custody ¹

15,323

16,091

16,255

16,923

16,255

15,976

16,195

15,375

16,663

16,817

1

Males

Total ²

14,404

15,131

15,398

16,048

15,490

15,024

15,161

14,453

15,516

15,668

1

Under 21

4,331

4,383

4,554

4,679

4,463

4,255

4,232

4,008

3,928

3,435

-13

21-30

7,034

7,313

7,229

7,395

7,013

6,637

6,993

6,713

7,398

7,774

5

Over 30

3,039

3,435

3,612

3,973

4,014

4,131

3,934

3,731

4,190

4,459

6

Females

Total ²

919

960

857

875

765

952

1,033

922

1,147

1,149

0

Under 21

160

125

140

110

130

233

284

337

332

251

-24

21-30

544

599

461

490

420

477

535

409

543

590

9

Over 30

215

236

256

275

215

242

214

176

272

308

13

Community sentence ¹

10,801

11,465

11,484

12,154

12,599

12,531

12,552

12,437

13,584

15,208

12

Males

Total ²

9,422

10,123

10,120

10,657

10,914

10,662

10,574

10,583

11,530

12,646

10

Under 21

4,261

4,528

4,499

4,810

4,668

4,432

4,338

4,056

4,113

4,270

4

21-30

3,586

3,738

3,610

3,740

3,859

3,849

3,727

3,900

4,427

4,927

11

Over 30

1,570

1,854

2,007

2,104

2,384

2,376

2,508

2,627

2,988

3,449

15

Females

Total ²

1,379

1,342

1,364

1,497

1,685

1,869

1,978

1,854

2,054

2,559

25

Under 21

332

310

356

390

460

492

582

526

505

590

17

21-30

648

593

617

641

682

804

843

790

971

1,228

26

Over 30

399

439

391

465

542

570

552

538

578

740

28

Financial penalty ¹

117,335

113,381

110,996

106,063

104,484

95,585

84,129

76,975

76,529

78,603

3

Males

Total ²

98,752

98,091

95,087

91,405

90,678

83,432

73,985

66,698

66,787

67,321

1

Under 21

19,504

17,761

17,349

18,224

18,021

16,728

14,720

13,355

13,996

13,907

-1

21-30

41,096

41,125

39,168

37,038

36,080

32,285

27,778

24,888

24,766

24,666

0

Over 30

36,647

37,966

37,505

35,189

35,613

33,600

30,670

27,756

27,627

28,710

4

Females

Total ²

18,575

15,286

15,905

14,653

13,803

12,151

10,127

10,241

9,700

11,271

16

Under 21

2,131

1,712

1,801

1,891

1,910

1,707

1,530

1,416

1,357

1,426

5

21-30

7,608

6,358

6,555

5,785

5,525

4,790

3,855

3,791

3,613

3,981

10

Over 30

8,259

6,775

7,086

6,519

6,045

5,407

4,485

4,791

4,627

5,857

27

Other sentence ¹

18,084

17,250

17,011

17,135

16,433

15,113

14,131

12,961

13,205

13,981

6

Males

Total ²

13,549

13,188

12,725

12,851

12,437

11,415

10,720

9,604

9,957

10,461

5

Under 21

4,631

4,207

3,891

4,140

4,305

4,039

3,733

2,997

3,204

3,269

2

21-30

4,336

4,343

4,177

4,045

3,762

3,378

3,217

3,082

3,212

3,506

9

Over 30

4,445

4,533

4,524

4,533

4,288

3,955

3,719

3,480

3,517

3,681

5

Females

Total ²

4,532

4,062

4,286

4,283

3,993

3,698

3,410

3,357

3,245

3,520

8

Under 21

972

800

818

923

935

934

885

782

729

766

5

21-30

1,757

1,640

1,651

1,545

1,468

1,387

1,263

1,295

1,254

1,386

11

Over 30

1,738

1,552

1,706

1,635

1,464

1,313

1,248

1,264

1,248

1,366

9