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CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN SCOTTISH COURTS,
2003
Summary of known action,
1994-2003 | Table 1 |
Thousands |
| 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
Crimes and offences recorded by the
police |
Crimes
1 | 500 | 476 | 452 | 421 | 432 | 436 | 423 | 421 | 427 | 407 |
Offences | 464 | 452 | 452 | 487 | 516 | 504 | 500 | 525 | 509 | 586 |
Crimes and offences cleared up by the
police |
Crimes
1 | 169 | 168 | 166 | 164 | 178 | 189 | 188 | 189 | 196 | 192 |
Offences | 442 | 432 | 433 | 467 | 497 | 484 | 479 | 503 | 486 | 564 |
Crimes and offences dealt with by: |
Offence referrals to Reporter to Children's
Panel
2,3 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 31 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 35 |
Offences dealt with under Vehicle Defect
Rectification Scheme | 23 | 30 | 28
6 | 31
6 | 35
6 | 31
6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Police conditional offers (Motor vehicle
Offences) | 112 | 110 | 124 | 124 | 152 | 168 | 160 | 175 | 161 | 231 |
Procurator Fiscal action |
Total reports received
4 | 290 | 281 | 282 | 289 | 293 | 282 | 289 | 284 | 291 | 326 |
Fiscal warnings | 16 | 18 | 19 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 20 |
Conditional offers (Motor vehicle offences)
5 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 |
Fiscal fines
5 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 24 | 29 |
Diversion | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
No proceedings | 45 | 37 | 38 | 35 | 40 | 43 | 45 | 43 | 48 | 45 |
Persons proceeded against in court | 179 | 177 | 175 | 173 | 159 | 147 | 137 | 140 | 146 | 151 |
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 Includes reports on deaths etc.
5 From 1 April 1996, these figures relate to offers
accepted rather than offers made.
6 Includes estimated data.
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