The Scottish Government

Persons receiving a custodial sentence by main crime/offence and length of sentence, 2003

Table 10

Main crime or offence

Total

Up to 3 months

Over 3 months to 6 months

Over 6 months to 2 years

Over 2 years to less than 4 years

4 years and over

Life

Indeterminate Detention

Average length of sentence (days) ¹

Up to 3 months

(Percentages)

Over 2years to less than 4 years

4 years and over including life etc ²

Over 3months to 6 months

Over 6months to 2 years

All crimes and offences

16,581

8,842

4,346

2,411

441

504

33

3

228

53

26

15

3

3

All crimes

10,589

5,222

2,795

1,645

403

488

33

3

280

49

26

16

4

5

Non-sexual crimes of violence

1,276

80

109

648

158

249

29

3

843

6

9

51

12

22

Homicide

80

-

-

8

7

33

29

3

2,041

-

-

10

9

81

Serious assault and attempted murder

728

35

49

431

87

126

-

-

790

5

7

59

12

17

Robbery

421

35

48

194

60

84

-

-

819

8

11

46

14

20

Other

47

10

12

15

4

6

-

-

647

21

26

32

9

13

-

Crimes of indecency

217

33

12

68

34

66

4

-

1,082

15

6

31

16

32

Rape and attempted rape

56

-

-

4

11

38

3

-

2,051

-

-

7

20

73

Indecent assault

36

9

5

13

5

4

-

-

578

25

-

36

14

-

Lewd and indecent behaviour

108

22

7

44

16

18

1

-

734

20

6

41

15

18

Other

17

2

-

7

2

6

-

-

1,312

12

-

41

12

41

Crimes of dishonesty

5,994

3,278

2,092

539

79

6

-

-

138

55

35

9

1

*

Housebreaking

1,252

444

543

218

45

2

-

-

205

35

43

17

4

*

Theft by opening a lockfast place

493

261

177

52

3

.

-

-

137

53

36

11

1

-

Theft of a motor vehicle

337

166

108

59

4

.

-

-

160

49

32

18

1

-

Shoplifting

2,344

1,486

784

72

1

1

-

-

99

63

33

3

-

*

Other theft

892

498

313

71

9

1

-

-

134

56

35

8

1

*

Fraud

146

76

35

21

12

2

-

-

224

52

24

14

8

1

Other

530

347

132

46

5

-

-

-

122

65

25

9

1

-

Fire-raising, vandalism etc.

405

317

55

27

6

-

-

-

116

78

14

7

1

-

Fire-raising

41

12

4

20

5

-

-

-

370

29

10

49

12

-

Vandalism etc.

364

305

51

7

1

-

-

-

87

84

14

2

*

-

Other crimes

2,697

1,514

527

363

126

167

-

-

299

56

20

13

5

6

Crimes against public justice

1,018

888

80

46

2

2

-

-

80

87

8

5

*

*

Handling an offensive weapon

666

392

248

25

.

1

-

-

112

59

37

4

-

-

Drugs

1,007

232

199

292

123

161

-

-

638

23

20

29

12

16

Other

6

2

-

-

1

3

-

-

1,278

33

-

-

17

50

All offences

5,992

3,620

1,551

766

38

16

-

-

136

60

26

13

1

*

Miscellaneous offences

4,418

3,072

949

347

33

16

-

-

121

70

21

8

1

*

Common assault

1,497

770

484

213

18

11

-

-

167

51

32

14

1

1

Breach of the peace

1,241

1,065

130

39

5

2

-

-

89

86

10

3

*

*

Drunkenness

6

6

-

-

-

-

-

-

16

100

-

-

-

-

Breach of social work orders

1,520

1,162

290

67

-

1

-

-

91

76

-

-

-

-

Other

154

69

45

28

10

2

-

-

237

45

29

18

6

1

Motor vehicle offences

1,574

548

602

419

5

-

-

-

176

35

38

27

*

-

Dangerous and careless driving

176

50

77

48

1

-

-

-

215

28

44

27

1

-

Drunk driving

210

114

90

6

-

-

-

-

116

54

43

3

-

-

Speeding

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Unlawful use of vehicle

1,182

378

435

365

4

-

-

-

181

32

37

31

*

-

Vehicle defect offences

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Other

6

6

-

-

-

-

-

-

60

100

-

-

-

-