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PRISON STATISTICS SCOTLAND,2003

Main crime/offence of remand and sentenced (1) prisoners in custody on 30 June 2003

Table 11

Number

Main crime/offence (2)

Remand

Sentenced

Remand

Sentenced

Male

Female

TOTAL

Male

Female

TOTAL

Male

Female

TOTAL

Male

Female

TOTAL

Total crimes & offences

1,169

76

1,245

5,068

219

5,287

100

100

100

100

100

100

Total crimes : sub total

954

64

1,018

4,212

199

4,411

82

84

82

83

91

83

Non-sexual crimes of violence : sub total

318

17

335

2,096

63

2,159

27

22

27

41

29

41

Homicide

42

1

43

652

24

676

4

1

3

13

11

13

Serious assault and attempted murder

145

6

151

829

23

852

12

8

12

16

11

16

Robbery

117

9

126

571

15

586

10

12

10

11

7

11

Other

14

1

15

44

1

45

1

1

1

1

*

1

Crimes of indecency : sub total

34

-

34

386

1

387

3

-

3

8

*

7

Rape and attempted rape

16

-

16

154

-

154

1

-

1

3

-

3

Indecent Assault

1

-

1

44

-

44

*

-

*

1

-

1

Lewd and indecent behaviour

13

-

13

122

-

122

1

-

1

2

-

2

Other

4

-

4

66

1

67

*

-

*

1

*

1

Crimes of dishonesty : sub total

336

27

363

778

64

842

29

36

29

15

29

16

Housebreaking

118

5

123

317

5

322

10

7

10

6

2

6

Theft by opening lockfast places

12

-

12

36

-

36

1

-

1

1

-

1

Theft from a motor vehicle (by OLP)

13

-

13

30

-

30

1

-

1

1

-

1

Theft of a motor vehicle

42

-

42

41

-

41

4

-

3

1

-

1

Other theft

119

18

137

270

50

320

10

24

11

5

23

6

Fraud

9

3

12

44

3

47

1

4

1

1

1

1

Other

23

1

24

40

6

46

2

1

2

1

3

1

Fire-raising,vandalism etc : sub total

25

7

32

52

3

55

2

9

3

1

1

1

Fire-raising

2

2

4

26

3

29

*

3

*

1

1

1

Vandalism etc

23

5

28

26

-

26

2

7

2

1

-

*

Other crimes : sub total

241

13

254

900

68

968

21

17

20

18

31

18

Crimes against public justice

95

8

103

34

6

40

8

11

8

1

3

1

Handling offensive weapons

76

1

77

68

1

69

7

1

6

1

*

1

Drugs

66

4

70

789

61

850

6

5

6

16

28

16

Other

4

-

4

9

-

9

*

-

*

*

-

*

Total offences : sub total

214

12

226

551

19

570

18

16

18

11

9

11

Miscellaneous offences : sub total

151

12

163

290

16

306

13

16

13

6

7

6

Petty assault

81

7

88

157

11

168

7

9

7

3

5

3

Breach of the peace

62

4

66

78

5

83

5

5

5

2

2

2

Drunkenness

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Other

8

1

9

55

-

55

1

1

1

1

-

1

Motor vehicle offences : sub total

63

-

63

261

3

264

5

-

5

5

1

5

Dangerous and careless driving

12

-

12

41

-

41

1

-

1

1

-

1

Drunk driving

6

-

6

32

2

34

1

-

*

1

1

1

Speeding

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Unlawful use of vehicle

43

-

43

188

1

189

4

-

3

4

*

4

Vehicle defect offences

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Other

2

-

2

-

-

-

*

-

*

-

-

-

Unknown Charge

-

-

-

257

1

258

-

-

-

5

*

5

Other Jurisdiction Charge

1

-

1

48

-

48

*

-

*

1

-

1

(1) Civil prisoners are excluded from this table. However, on 30th June 2003 there were 2 such prisoners in Scottish penal establishments.
(2) See Notes 11 and 20 of Annex

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