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Statistical Bulletin CrJ/2005/4: Criminal Justice Series: CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN SCOTTISH COURTS, 2003: page 7

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CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN SCOTTISH COURTS, 2003

Numbers of persons with a charge proved ¹ per 1,000 population by sex and age, 1994-2003

Table 5

Type of accused		1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
All persons ²	Total ³	39	38	37	37	34	31	29	29	31	32
	Under 16 ⁴	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.2
	16	43	46	44	42	41	36	26	27	31	30
	17	103	110	116	112	103	94	82	79	77	86
	18	136	142	153	148	130	116	114	114	109	104
	19	127	126	135	138	126	115	104	111	113	107
	20	125	116	125	124	115	107	99	107	108	105
	21-25	98	98	97	98	93	87	83	86	91	90
	26-30	68	68	67	68	64	60	58	61	64	68
	31-40	43	43	42	41	39	36	34	35	37	40
	Over 40 ⁵	14	14	13	13	12	11	10	10	11	12
Males	Total ³	68	66	65	65	60	55	51	52	53	53
	Under 16 ⁴	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.4
	16	80	81	79	76	74	65	47	49	56	57
	17	186	200	206	200	182	168	145	141	135	157
	18	245	256	276	262	230	203	203	203	191	192
	19	232	228	244	249	224	204	182	197	200	192
	20	225	209	225	221	208	189	174	190	189	186
	21-25	171	170	171	172	163	153	146	150	154	154
	26-30	117	115	115	117	113	106	101	107	110	111
	31-40	73	72	70	71	67	63	59	60	63	64
	Over 40 ⁵	25	24	23	23	21	19	17	17	19	19
Females	Total ³	10	11	10	10	9	8	8	8	9	10
	Under 16 ⁴	0.03	0.07	0.05	0.04	0.02	0.02	0.04	0.02	0.01	0.06
	16	6	9	8	8	8	5.9	5.6	4.4	6	4.8
	17	17	19	22	22	21	19	17	16	17	19
	18	24	25	28	29	27	26	25	23	23	20
	19	22	24	25	27	25	25	23	25	25	24
	20	25	24	25	26	25	25	24	23	26	26
	21-25	25	26	25	25	25	23	22	23	26	27
	26-30	21	22	20	20	18	16	17	17	20	23
	31-40	14	15	14	13	12	10	10	10	13	15
	Over 40 ⁵	3.9	4.0	3.6	3.5	3.1	2.6	2.7	2.7	3.3	4.2

1 Number of occasions when a person had a charge proved.
2 Includes sex not known; excludes companies.
3 Includes age not known; uses mid-year population estimate for those aged 8-70.
4 Uses mid-year population estimate for those aged 8-15.
5 Uses mid-year population estimate for those aged 41-70.

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