Statistics Bulletin CrJ/2005/8 PRISON STATISTICS SCOTLAND, 2004/05

Table 20
Adult direct sentenced receptions ⁽¹⁾ to penal establishments by main crime/offence, 1996/97 - 2004/05

Number

Main crime/offence ⁽²⁾	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99	1999/2000	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05
Total crimes & offences	10,256	9,697	9,887	9,217	8,943	9,470	10,571	10,255	10,299
Total crimes : sub total	7,152	6,720	6,920	6,649	6,342	6,853	7,463	7,253	7,084
Non-sexual crimes of violence : sub total	767	732	761	869	878	1,016	1,135	1,259	1,096
Homicide	77	63	60	77	77	97	94	130	132
Serious assault and attempted murder	370	360	382	450	465	549	607	702	593
Robbery	275	277	292	310	306	347	380	374	320
Other	45	32	27	32	30	23	54	53	51
Crimes of indecency : sub total	198	221	233	211	179	202	195	211	202
Rape and attempted rape	40	34	45	29	26	41	46	42	49
Indecent assault	24	19	20	37	27	19	22	27	31
Lewd and indecent behaviour	99	134	135	114	90	119	102	106	86
Other	35	34	33	31	36	23	25	36	36
Crimes of dishonesty : sub total	4,136	3,916	4,165	3,908	3,620	3,900	4,056	3,714	3,589
Housebreaking	1,027	912	950	961	919	930	964	911	830
Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP)	123	103	116	113	105	148	128	128	87
Theft from a motor vehicle by (OLP)	72	72	70	77	68	69	125	125	128
Theft of a motor vehicle	361	304	279	280	239	197	227	142	128
Other theft	1,909	1,930	2,163	1,981	1,873	2,141	2,162	1,992	2,040
Fraud	169	133	178	140	118	127	116	128	102
Other	475	462	409	356	298	288	334	288	274
Fire-raising,vandalism etc : sub total	272	221	224	161	151	169	198	222	229
Fire-raising	31	21	29	16	25	25	33	37	39
Vandalism etc	241	200	195	145	126	144	165	185	190
Other crimes : sub total	1,779	1,630	1,537	1,500	1,514	1,566	1,879	1,847	1,968
Crimes against public justice	512	370	363	339	341	362	452	419	437
Handling an offensive weapon	376	349	310	347	396	375	533	493	600
Drugs	876	901	846	797	763	820	886	921	912
Other	15	10	18	17	14	9	8	12	19
Total offences : sub total	3,083	2,946	2,935	2,515	2,524	2,556	3,061	2,944	3,167
Miscellaneous offences : sub total	2,154	2,045	2,048	1,581	1,515	1,573	1,823	1,742	2,093
Petty assault	1,084	1,048	1,034	840	812	807	904	886	1,113
Breach of the peace	967	917	928	666	634	651	784	702	815
Drunkenness	3	3	6	4	-	2	3	2	1
Other	100	77	80	71	69	113	132	152	164
Motor vehicle offences : sub total	929	901	887	934	1,009	983	1,238	1,202	1,074
Dangerous & careless driving	80	84	68	91	98	89	120	143	124
Drunk driving	152	140	145	136	167	135	184	163	172
Speeding	3	-	1	1	2	1	1	-	-
Unlawful use of vehicle	679	673	661	698	739	750	918	884	768
Vehicle defect offences	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	2
Other	15	4	11	7	3	8	15	12	8
Unknown Charge	4	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-
Other Jurisdiction Charge	17	31	32	53	76	60	46	58	48

(1) See Notes 6 and 7 of Annex.
(2) See Notes 8 and 15 of Annex

Table 20A
Adult direct sentenced receptions ⁽¹⁾ of males to penal establishments by main crime/offence, 1996/97 - 2004/05

Number

Main crime/offence ⁽²⁾	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99	1999/2000	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05
Total crimes & offences	9,718	9,221	9,385	8,759	8,513	8,934	9,990	9,607	9,585
Total crimes : sub total	6,716	6,336	6,496	6,253	5,978	6,394	6,991	6,721	6,517
Non-sexual crimes of violence : sub total	742	695	734	827	839	969	1,075	1,186	1,028
Homicide	72	61	56	73	68	94	87	125	127
Serious assault and attempted murder	357	339	369	427	450	522	591	666	561
Robbery	269	264	285	298	294	331	347	349	292
Other	44	31	24	29	27	22	50	46	48
Crimes of indecency : sub total	194	218	233	211	179	199	193	210	202
Rape and attempted rape	40	34	45	29	26	41	46	42	49
Indecent assault	24	19	20	37	27	19	22	27	31
Lewd and indecent behaviour	98	132	135	114	90	117	100	106	86
Other	32	33	33	31	36	22	25	35	36
Crimes of dishonesty : sub total	3,826	3,655	3,877	3,629	3,383	3,611	3,769	3,406	3,253
Housebreaking	1,019	905	942	951	909	923	958	901	818
Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP)	123	101	114	112	104	144	127	125	85
Theft from a motor vehicle by (OLP)	72	72	70	76	68	69	125	125	128
Theft of a motor vehicle	356	303	276	276	238	196	225	140	127
Other theft	1,667	1,719	1,925	1,768	1,675	1,898	1,922	1,741	1,756
Fraud	151	121	162	109	109	114	107	115	82
Other	438	434	388	337	280	267	305	259	257
Fire-raising,vandalism etc : sub total	265	214	217	157	150	157	184	208	217
Fire-raising	30	19	28	16	25	21	26	32	37
Vandalism etc	235	195	189	141	125	136	158	176	180
Other crimes : sub total	1,689	1,554	1,435	1,429	1,427	1,458	1,770	1,711	1,817
Crimes against public justice	486	354	343	332	326	339	430	387	416
Handling an offensive weapon	368	345	304	341	389	368	527	487	584
Drugs	821	845	770	739	700	742	806	825	799
Other	14	10	18	17	12	9	7	12	18
Total offences : sub total	2,981	2,855	2,857	2,455	2,459	2,479	2,952	2,829	3,021
Miscellaneous offences : sub total	2,056	1,963	1,977	1,531	1,465	1,505	1,734	1,645	1,966
Petty assault	1,038	1,019	997	812	778	777	849	831	1,047
Breach of the peace	919	867	899	649	622	625	758	667	769
Drunkenness	3	3	6	4	-	2	3	2	1
Other	96	74	75	66	65	101	124	145	149
Motor vehicle offences : sub total	925	892	880	924	994	974	1,218	1,184	1,055
Dangerous & careless driving	80	83	68	90	98	88	118	141	124
Drunk driving	151	137	145	132	160	134	179	159	170
Speeding	3	-	1	1	2	1	1	-	-
Unlawful use of vehicle	676	668	654	693	731	744	907	875	751
Vehicle defect offences	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	2
Other	15	4	11	7	3	7	13	9	8
Unknown Charge	4	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-
Other Jurisdiction Charge	17	30	32	51	75	60	46	57	47

(1) See Notes 6 and 7 of Annex.
(2) See Notes 8 and 15 of Annex

Table 20B
Adult direct sentenced receptions ⁽¹⁾ of females to penal establishments by main crime/offence, 1996/97 - 2004/05

Number

Main crime/offence ⁽²⁾	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99	1999/2000	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05
Total crimes & offences	538	476	502	458	430	536	581	648	714
Total crimes : sub total	436	384	424	396	364	459	472	532	567
Non-sexual crimes of violence : sub total	25	37	27	42	39	47	60	73	68
Homicide	5	2	4	4	9	3	7	5	5
Serious assault and attempted murder	13	21	13	23	15	27	16	36	32
Robbery	6	13	7	12	12	16	33	25	28
Other	1	1	3	3	3	1	4	7	3
Crimes of indecency : sub total	4	3	-	-	-	3	2	1	-
Rape and attempted rape	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Indecent assault	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lewd and indecent behaviour	1	2	-	-	-	2	2	-	-
Other	3	1	-	-	-	1	-	1	-
Crimes of dishonesty : sub total	310	261	288	279	237	289	287	308	336
Housebreaking	8	7	8	10	10	7	6	10	12
Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP)	-	2	2	1	1	4	1	3	2
Theft from a motor vehicle by (OLP)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Theft of a motor vehicle	5	1	3	4	1	1	2	2	1
Other theft	242	211	238	213	198	243	240	251	284
Fraud	18	12	16	31	9	13	9	13	20
Other	37	28	21	19	18	21	29	29	17
Fire-raising,vandalism etc : sub total	7	7	7	4	1	12	14	14	12
Fire-raising	1	2	1	-	-	4	7	5	2
Vandalism etc	6	5	6	4	1	8	7	9	10
Other crimes : sub total	90	76	102	71	87	108	109	136	151
Crimes against public justice	26	16	20	7	15	23	22	34	21
Handling an offensive weapon	8	4	6	6	7	7	6	6	16
Drugs	55	56	76	58	63	78	80	96	113
Other	1	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	1
Total offences : sub total	102	91	78	60	65	77	109	115	146
Miscellaneous offences : sub total	98	82	71	50	50	68	89	97	127
Petty assault	46	29	37	28	34	30	55	55	66
Breach of the peace	48	50	29	17	12	26	26	35	46
Drunkenness	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other	4	3	5	5	4	12	8	7	15
Motor vehicle offences : sub total	4	9	7	10	15	9	20	18	19
Dangerous & careless driving	-	1	-	1	-	1	2	2	-
Drunk driving	1	3	-	4	7	1	5	4	2
Speeding	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Unlawful use of vehicle	3	5	7	5	8	6	11	9	17
Vehicle defect offences	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	-
Unknown Charge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other Jurisdiction Charge	-	1	-	2	1	-	-	1	1

(1) See Notes 6 and 7 of Annex.
(2) See Notes 8 and 15 of Annex

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