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Table 7
Sentencing in Sheriff Summary Courts, All Crimes and Offences, 2004/05

Sheriff Court

Per
cent
custody

Per
cent
community
service

Per
cent
probation

Per
cent
fined

Per
cent
other

Persons
with
charge
proved
(=100%)

Average
fine (1)
(£)

Average
length of
custody (2)
(days)

Aberdeen

17

5

14

52

13

4,539

439

91

Airdrie

15

6

13

52

15

2,685

344

111

Alloa

8

7

17

44

24

1,206

251

85

Arbroath

8

4

10

55

23

1,062

243

92

Ayr

21

5

13

42

19

2,995

275

81

Banff

9

6

8

69

8

362

934

92

Campbeltown

13

5

5

67

10

249

337

77

Cupar

9

8

11

56

16

658

231

76

Dingwall

7

8

6

71

7

468

549

97

Dornoch

5

4

8

75

8

129

611

109

Dumbarton

18

8

7

53

15

2,025

256

96

Dumfries

9

4

6

68

13

2,705

276

101

Dundee

19

6

10

41

24

4,190

232

80

Dunfermline

14

5

13

48

20

1,971

257

93

Dunoon

3

3

17

57

20

364

247

127

Duns

5

11

2

63

19

310

271

63

Edinburgh

15

6

11

52

16

7,732

292

93

Elgin

9

5

3

67

16

1,372

483

112

Falkirk

12

4

10

46

29

2,766

276

77

Forfar

10

7

7

60

17

887

359

83

Fort William

12

5

6

66

10

432

574

85

Glasgow

18

7

15

40

21

8,845

239

96

Greenock

21

7

8

40

24

1,695

307

93

Haddington

13

13

7

51

16

829

318

94

Hamilton

15

5

11

50

20

5,608

263

101

Inverness

11

6

8

64

11

2,135

332

93

Jedburgh

17

10

6

50

17

748

251

83

Kilmarnock

19

7

8

53

13

4,055

295

101

Kirkcaldy

16

5

11

48

21

2,785

247

109

Kirkcudbright

14

9

3

63

11

340

394

123

Kirkwall

4

3

12

62

19

219

441

85

Lanark

15

9

9

48

19

1,020

313

76

Lerwick

9

3

10

65

13

347

596

74

Linlithgow

16

4

12

54

14

2,173

292

70

Lochmaddy

10

6

11

62

12

84

416

85

Oban

11

3

6

64

17

378

364

84

Paisley

16

6

10

50

18

2,997

306

105

Peebles

14

11

4

59

12

182

340

102

Perth

13

7

8

63

9

2,296

323

100

Peterhead

10

3

10

73

5

899

305

88

Portree

12

5

10

66

7

111

283

75

Rothesay

10

6

12

47

25

156

222

89

Selkirk

17

9

5

52

16

662

286

78

Stirling

13

5

12

55

15

1,894

264

93

Stonehaven

3

3

5

84

6

389

366

98

Stornoway

17

4

9

59

11

243

575

116

Stranraer

16

6

4

67

7

1,001

360

99

Tain

14

11

7

57

11

549

331

90

Wick

14

3

9

60

14

350

553

104

Scotland (3)

15

6

10

52

17

82,098

310

94

(1) Average of total fines imposed for all charges proved - see A.3 of Annex.

(2) Average of total sentence length imposed for all charges proved.

(3) Includes court place not known.

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