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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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